Hashman Deejay has been part of the family artists that surround Vancouver-based label Mood Hut for a long time. He first appeared on the imprint in 2012, as a member of Aquarian Foundation, and then in 2015 as one third of Kinetic Electronix. Musicentrydelete – Selfless, however, is his debut, solo Mood Hut release.
The 10 track long-player is largely a journey into improvised, abstract, but atmospheric, electronics. Opening with synthetic swirls that could be mistaken for a symphonic orchestra tunin…
Hashman Deejay has been part of the family artists that surround Vancouver-based label Mood Hut for a long time. He first appeared on the imprint in 2012, as a member of Aquarian Foundation, and then in 2015 as one third of Kinetic Electronix. Musicentrydelete – Selfless, however, is his debut, solo Mood Hut release.
The 10 track long-player is largely a journey into improvised, abstract, but atmospheric, electronics. Opening with synthetic swirls that could be mistaken for a symphonic orchestra tuning up, it travels through serene, shimmering, tumbling waterfalls of sound. Immersive, submerged sonics that summon rushing, glistening mountain streams. Treated and filtered glissandos, a synergy of dub and ambient techno, that generate machine-made storms and weather-lashed shores. Creating a busy bustle, a cosmos, of buzzing, ringing, shape-shifting loops.
On Wavebeats, this is all sucked backwards, subliminally stimulating the imagination and a search for hallucinatory melodies and harmonies hidden deep within the mix. The gated, flickering Depth is subjected to rhythmic phasing, and it’s the tracks with drums that truly standout. Sub AM, boasting a cavernous bass boom and percussive rattle, is a dark dance, where a delayed tattoo beats beneath sinister slithering. Its snares hammering a tribal rhythm.
ebase is the album’s closing epic. The track toward which everything else has been building. Fifteen minutes that begins as muffled acid house. The rumble of rave far removed. The bass heavy sound of an illegal party, heard as you queue outside in the street, through thick, steel and concrete warehouse walls. Muted, but warm and emotive, with a TB-303 creeping up quietly. Its B-line bouncing back and forth, like proto-bleep. Its jack initially distant as if cut from a worn reel-to-reel, but its clanging, clattering beats gradually brought to the fore. A hypnotic trip that’ll take anyone within earshot along on its ride. Giving the listener the choice whether to meditate or move.
Hashman Deejay’s Musicentrydelete – Selfless can be ordered directly from Mood Hut.
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