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Music with the changing face of a Madballs toy that appears nearly tangible like melting 3D art. Producer and all-around atmosphere maker, 10.4 roG, has an instrumental project entitled "treblemaker" that is so unique in sound perhaps any way a listener would describe it, they would be right.
Seven records in length, 10.4 roG wastes little time to make a good mess using newly excavated rhythms and chords. The ever-traversing constellations, "Plant Loops," has these zappy synth lines and riffs that adventure across condensed drums tamping down into the pocket. The pregnant pause transition into these daybreaking chord progressions hold this frabjous weight and sound, feeling simultaneously homey and foreign.
The opening instrumental "Decalibrate" subverts all anticipation, settling you down with waiting room tones à la bland chords and tropical drums. The beat is like reading a brochure about an island instead of actually going there. It sets up this brief but great lull before an unforgettable wormhole of mad beats that come full circle on "Recalibrate." The track sounds like a first-time spaceship captain literally booping buttons trying to get the ship to start and begin a journey. And if that is in fact the origins of this journey, who would have thought he would end up at something like "The Saturated Fat" (w/ Broken Transient) -- A brilliant display of human timing in the drums and rhythmic swing. The entire beat reads an error message and is made more complicated by metallic texture chords reflecting the same disregard for the rules of patterns.
10.4 roG's "treblemaker" gunk up the ears with breathing instrumentals punched with coordinates to a destination. What could be more cool than that?
Listen to "treblemaker" below.
Lead Photo Cred: bandcamp.com/ @cumulus_frisbee (via Twitter)
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