Down Down Down
Gritty, distorted electroclash that captures the dark underbelly of the mid-2000s dancefloor. A tense collision of sawtooth synths and commanding baritone vocals.
January 1, 2006 · Modular Recordings
Gritty, distorted electroclash that captures the dark underbelly of the mid-2000s dancefloor. A tense collision of sawtooth synths and commanding baritone vocals.
January 1, 2006 · Modular Recordings
Down Down Down is a masterclass in the gritty, industrial-tinged electroclash that defined the mid-2000s Australian underground. It sounds like a sweat-slicked basement at 3 AM, where the air is thick with smoke and the bass is loud enough to rattle your teeth. The Presets eschew the bright, neon-soaked aesthetics of their contemporaries for something much more somber and physically imposing. It is a record built on friction: the friction of distorted sawtooth waves against Julian Hamilton's smooth, authoritative baritone, and the friction of rigid drum machine patterns against a palpable sense of human anxiety.
How does Down Down Down sound next to the rest of The Presets's catalogue?
Tense saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.
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