The artists formerly known as Hype Williams have released another album of murky, contradictory bass music -though I'm loathe to call it 'bass' music as, despite being unerringly bassy, is doesn't fit in with that tag/sub-genre's dancefloor functionality so neatly.
*sigh* I could discuss Blunt and Copeland for hours, but I'll resist as you can ably visit Pitchfork, DiS or some other gatekeeper/tastemaker/mediator/validator and get the same intellectualised discussion of this fascinating band's music.
I like it because they sound like late 70s-early 80s Industrial without the grisly bits -just as Throbbing Gristle sounded like a poisonous cloud, all amorphous, billowing noise spores, Blunt&Copeland sound they're music has been infected or damaged by said emissions. You know how those early Industrial/electro records (like SPK and some Cabaret Voltaire) had a nasty, DIY hum (This Heat had it too...not distant from Hype) to everything that made it sound somewhere between brilliantly spontaneous and in-the-moment but was complex and pointed enough to reveal a degree of intention and preparation. Cabaret Voltaire's Red Mecca had a similar quality -I like Blunt&Copeland because they sound like a full on dub-hip-hop remix of Red Mecca...which is cool.
Can't help feeling that this record is a bit tidier, though fair play to them for pushing tentatively forward and not compromising on what they do. Despite the (slightly) trimmed edges, it is still a great unconventional record. People just doing what the fuck they want. In the zone and using it.
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