x.nte: Reimagining DB (Kitty On Fire, 2023)

August 5, 2023 at 1:24 pm | Posted in Reviews | Leave a comment

x.nte: Reimagining DB

Atlanta’s x.nte continues making breakcore as a form of self-therapy, purging inner demons through glitched-out tracks that mutilate samples from numerous genres. There’s menacing horrorcore vocals in tracks like “mischief & mayhem”, but there’s also jazzy pianos that provide a bit of balance, because plenty of other tracks on here just rip breakbeats apart. “international” sort of comes close to atmospheric ragga-breakcore, but even more deconstructed than that description sounds. A remix of Elevation’s “Fuzakeruna” forges a destructive groove, with harsh breaks forming a fairly steady pattern. A few tracks get into screamy metalcore territory, and “Qualm” has some impressive time changes and incorporations of guitars and drums along with acid and breaks. Some of the melodramatic vocal samples on this album are a little uncomfortable, they go into a brutal self-loathing direction I’d prefer not to go down, but there’s enough tracks that aren’t like that to make it worthwhile. Also, a few tracks by other artists are curiously included at the end, including RENEGADE ANDROID, Laxenanchaos, and nohighs.

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