Time & Hope by DJ Raff
Originally released in Spain by ENSMBLE on November 2012, Time & Hope is the fifth album of Chilean producer DJ Raff. This record was produced and mixed in Barcelona while the artist was studying Sonology at Pompeu Fabra University.
As he reveals, "Time & Hope" has been produced with "some old stuff I found at Encants (a Barcelona's market): a Yamaha 8bit toy sampler, small Casiotones... and Protools software". The four tracks EP explore his creative side more experimental and adapted to the latest grids and techniques aimed to the Club. "Nocturnal" starts the trip, establishing from the beginning an assorted catalogue of resources, both melodic and rhythmic, a track with an abstract and maximalist nature that succeeds in creating a contemplative and crepuscular atmosphere. On the contrary, the composition that gives a name to the whole release caresses with elegance the techniques of ethereal manipulation, amplifying the music samples and vocal processes and compiling a dynamic and frenetic percussion equation with Footwork flashes.
"Insane" is a key moment, with its colourful arpeggios and development seasoned with sensual and sophisticated vocal processes, lush and concise at the same time, helped once again by a hybrid and stout drum line. "T.I.M.E." closes the joint amplifying further the meditative atmosphere of the whole, posing again a multicellular architecture, and grounded in the latest production techniques mainly settled in the UK.
Tracklist
| 1. | Nocturnal | 3:22 |
| 2. | Time & Hope | 4:21 |
| 3. | Insane | 4:14 |
| 4. | T.I.M.E. | 3:25 |
Credits
Composed, produced and mixed by DJ Raff
Artwork by Sandra Gobet
License
All rights reserved.
London-based Chilean DJ and producer DJ Raff crafts lysergic, low-slung dance music, lacing together samples from across the Afro-Latin diaspora into a heady mix of percussive patterns and hypnotic melodies. With support from Gilles Peterson and Tom Ravenscroft among others, DJ Raff has established himself as one of the most prolific producers on the scene.