Consequential, hailing from Bury St. Edmunds, England, those folks decided to put out some electricity- they’re calling this electricity, “Down”. A single. Pure instrumental. You know, sometimes I think instrumental tracks are like staring at a Rorschach test made of sound. What do you see? Or, rather, feel?
Because “Down,” is all about feeling. This isn’t background music for folding laundry. No, This is music is built to release tension, some of it anyway. Its message… well, is feeling the heavy rhythm and surrendering yourself to the moment and moving. The group are quoted calling it a “heavier tune that grooves.” I can certainly relate. One moment of listening in, you are going to start nodding, even stomping, to it, so beware where are you playing it.
There’s a relentless, almost tribal energy coursing through this two-minute track. I find myself suddenly craving pretzels. Why pretzels? I have no idea. The human brain is weird. But back to “Down”.It builds, it throbs, it pulls you under… and then it’s gone. Just over two minutes! Like one of those dreams where you’re falling, only instead of waking up in a cold sweat, you’re just… on the floor. Possibly dancing. Or maybe that’s just me.
It’s pure electronic music, focused laser-like on the power of a bassline that could probably vibrate a small car. No vocals, No fluff. I will not even dare to try guessing where it belongs within the dance/EDM spectrum. Genres are just boxes, and this track feels like it’s trying to escape the edges of any particular box. Or even to destroy all of the boxes.
Is Consequential reflecting our frenetic, always-on, sometimes-overwhelming modern existence? Maybe, are they releasing energy.
Or Maybe it’s just a beat you will love. Go get yourself down.
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