Freaks Of The Underground by ‘DirtyTime Entertainment’
The way this track has been mixed and produced is a little reminiscent of early nineties garage mixes. The music has a simplistic, minimalist presentation to it, which adds character in some ways, but also makes listeners focus largely on the lyrics on the track.
The lyrics of the track aren’t massively original or striking in themselves, the music is interesting, but it leaves so much space around the words that you really can’t help but hear it all as an almost a Capella performance.
When the melody section comes in it’s a welcome addition, and in fact, as the whole thing progresses the sound gets a little more interesting.
The beat and the whole minimalist approach is exciting in a lot of ways, as it is very rare these days – most artists with home studios tend to overload on effects and instrumentation, so it’s quite appealing to hear something more stripped back. It also lets you notice the confidence and style of the performances involved, and these have a mellow yet rhythmic approach, so there is a lot that does work about the track.
A few more moments of unusual instrumentation or musical weirdness might help add to the idea of ‘freaks of the underground’, and this would perhaps make the track stick in your mind a little more after listening. It’s effective to use the music of a track to reinforce the concept of it all, to highlight the point of the lyrics a little more, so really there’s plenty of room in this one for even more strangeness. There’s definitely something great about the approach, and hopefully with a longer project such as an EP or an album there would be much more revealed about the artists involved and their true colours would shine through a little more.
By Rebecca Cullen
Rebecca is a Musician and writer from Manchester, UK, with an MA in Song Writing.
