Credit: Disciple
Digital Reassurance
[By: Marcix]
Genre: Complextro, Riddim
Rating: 85
Cohesiveness: 66
Track quality: 78
Beginner-friendly? no
Written YYYY/MM/DD
Marcix's debut EP is batshit crazy. Completely, utterly, absolutely, batshit crazy. That might even be an understatement.
The good: "Digital Reassurance" is a crunchy hybrid between riddim and complextro/electro house, a concept that's been tried many times before, but not in this way. Because Marcix has no intentions to just stop there; no, he's got bigger ambitions. What makes the "Digital Reassurance" EP such a brilliant breakout project is the stylistic choice to mash as much unfathomably deranged production as possible into what is actually quite a short average track length. Every tune on this project is a frenzied pandemonium of dense basswork and frantic high-ends, held together by evershifting leads and the strange addition of almost funky instrumentation, cementing "Digital Reassurance" as a fantastically chaotic project.
The bad: The high-end-heavy mixing is harsh, though, perhaps a bit too harsh. It's another stylistic choice, presumably, but it is a little over the top in places — even with the flow and energy as compensation. I know it's intentional, but it does hurt my ears sometimes.
Listen on Spotify here.
Hyperactive [Intense] | (/100)
Punchy riddim tune with a nice lead and some nice basswork — ironically, not as 'hyperactive' as the rest of the EP
Digital Reassurance [Fun] | (/100)
Vocal chops, sampling and basswork that are a ton of fun, with the sampling being my highlight
Midnight Jvstice [Switchup] | (/100)
w/ Eccentric
Nice sound design with a weird nu-disco-esque twinge, but fails to fully hold my attention
Articulate [Standout] | (/100)
Absolutely insane track with a ton of different drops, intense builds and production, and a wild third drop
Gump Town [Intense] | (/100)
Stupid riddim track with a lot of impact and sampling flair, combined with clean flows
Loopfinder [Standout] | (/100)
Short and sweet finale, with an electro house twinge to it and some very fun sound design and leads
- Articulate (/100)
- Loopfinder (/100)
- Digital Reassurance (/100)
- Gump Town (/100)
- Hyperactive (/100)
- Midnight Jvstice w/ Eccentric (/100)