LEAK: Main Sequence, “Belmont,” Ownership Society (Bridgetown Breaks)
This is one of the prettier and more sweeping tracks from Main Sequence’s (MacGregor Campbell from Bridgetown Breaks) debut album, Ownership Society (out Feb. 27 on Bridgetown Breaks). Sequence takes the song in multiple directions, from dance floor sweat-factory to DJ Shadow-ish spacey electro-jazz and then back into a darkly atmospheric steel-drum trance. After considering the track’s name, I was reminded of walking up the Belmont strip at night, past the Blue Monk, the bustling bars, the bickering street kids and the hippie drum shop that never seems to close. That movement, intentional or not, is inherent in the track’s foot-speed beat and ever-changing soundscape.
While this track isn’t representative of the album’s overall hectic vibe, it serves as a fitting retreat from that chaos (which is also something worth throwing oneself into).
Link: Bridgetown Breaks
Image (the album cover) courtesy of Bridgetown Breaks.
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Manic D
says:This is a good beat, “The Ownership Society” is a good album. The only thing that really detracts from it’s quality (for me) is its overabundance of vocal samples. At times they cloud the soundscape and make the beats less listenable as music.
Main Sequence is one of the only guys working on true instrumental hip-hop in the area and for that I really respect his game. Plus he rocks the MPC which is the only tool for the job mo’fucker.
Posted @ February 27th, 2007 at 2:27 am (February 26th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalinkCASEY JARMAN
(post author) says:I have a cd review for the album coming out in tomorrow’s paper, if you’re interested.
Posted @ February 27th, 2007 at 11:36 am (February 26th, 2007) | Flag this Comment | permalink