Jauzas The Shining - Dependant - Transient Force - Album Review

You never really know what's going on in a producer's head when they put together an album for release. Often, it's just a mish-mash of tracks that they've been working on and at some point, it all meshes into enough music for an album release. Other times, there's a cohesive feel and distinct concept going on and you can feel that in the LP as a listener. You can tell the producer found a thread that struck their fancy, and began weaving it into something. That's the case with the new joint from French producer Jauzas the Shining, entitled 'Dependant' - out now on Transient Force. Sonically, this album paints a picture of a frost-bitten November, abandoned streets and an individual who is lost in introspection.... perhaps because of a loss of some sort. This isn't a dancefloor banger, and it also isn't abstract for the sake of abstraction. Rather, it's a dark, introspective album, which carries through a musical theme through most of the tracks - one of faint, almost hopeful strings standing out amidst harsh, metallic drums and mechanic bass lines. What I dig most about this long player is that amidst all the electronic music production, there's this feeling of humanness around each song. Perhaps my current state of mind is coloring my interpretation of the music, but isn't that what it's about after all? I've always found electronic music fascinating in the sense that you take the essence of someones creative soul, flip it through electronics, whether analog or digital, and in the end product, that very electronic product comes back and integrates itself with the end listener, and interacts in ways the original producer couldn't possibly imagine. This isn't any easy album. It's not for casual electro fans, or heads who are all about 808 bass and smackdown beats. This is an album to listen to and lose yourself in. Recommended. Listen to the album teaser snippet below.  'Dependant' is available now directly from Transient Force. Check out more info and tracks at the Jauzas myspace page Tracklist: Dependent La Zounia Pression Decedence Sensation Sensual Strange Particle Suspicion Jupitor Strange Partical (ElectroBerlin remix) Dependent (SheMale remix) Sensation (Korporation remix) Trisomie21 (Jauzas The Shining remix) City of Bass: blogging daily about the electro music scene. Follow along via twitter or the RSS feed