Stateless - Ariel - out november 15th on Ninja Tune
Stateless - Ariel
(Promo CD/Download) Ninja Tune ZENCDS271P /ZENDNLS271 2010-11-15
Stateless return with the first single from their forthcoming album Matilda (their first for Ninja Tune). Working with producer Damian Taylor (Bjork, The Prodigy), Stateless have taken a more electronic line for the new album and it shows on opener Ariel. While the quality of songwriting remains intact and Chris James' voice has never sounded better, Ariel finds him laying out the melody over West African guitar lines, crunching snare snaps and thunderous kicks, dubstep sub-bass splatters and glitchtronic interference. It's an utterly compelling combination, classic songwriting rendered completely new. The feel of a new direction is reinforced by a series of fantastic remixes. Rustie gives the original an even more glistening electronic feel and a certain aqua-crunk magnificence. Up-and-coming dubsteppers Dark Sky speed things up for a garage-influenced dancefloor number that keeps building and changing right to the end. Meanwhile, the Midlands Inflight remix, locks into a Voodoo Ray-ish dub-house groove that emphasises the melancholy of the original. With Matilda due for release in February, Ariel shows a group willing to push at the boundaries and reap the rewards of their bravery. Fasten your seatbelts…
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