It might seem to those outside the genre, the uninitiated, and those for whom ignorance is bliss, who think that electronic music, by its very nature of creation, has no soul. But this is not the case, as this new single from Slighter proves so eloquently. Synths, drum machines, keyboards, samples, and everything else found in such technologically driven realism are just tools, just as guitars, violins, pianos, and even voices are. They only make the noise by being manipulated by a human with a brain, heart, and soul.
“Have No Fear” is the product of several organic jam sessions, and Colin C, the man behind the nome de plume, still finds catharsis in his creations, which sound every bit the perfect hybrid of man and machine, the sonic infrastructure of the latter, the musical imagination of the former.
Coming ahead of a new album, This Futile Machine, which is rich with collaborations with the likes of Steven Seibold of Hate Dept, Yvette Winkler of Vaselyne, Craig Joseph Huxtable of Landscape Body Machine, Morgue VVitch, Deep Dark Water, and many more, “Have No Fear” is a snarling, brooding beast. It blends slow, grinding dance grooves with disembodied, not-quite-human vocals, glitchy beats with warped electronica, and booming bass with splashes of skittering percussion.
It is the sound of krautrock relentlessness colliding with modern underground dance, darkwave menace filtered through an industrial sonic landscape. As calling cards for a new album go, it builds intrigue and anticipation with every abrasive beat and gnarly note. Job done.
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