Fobos Hailey – Reduction (EP – Tripalium Records)
Genre/Influences: D’n’B, Breakbeats, Acid.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Hailing from Kazan (Russia) Fobos Hailey has been busy for numerous years now composing music but also doing promotion, organizing festivals, taking part in radio broadcast, DJing etc.
Content: “Reduction” brings you into the dynamic universe of Breakbeat driven music. The songs are instrumentals and also featuring explicit, filtered sequences but also softer parts with Acid-like sound treatments.
+ + + : This work reminds me of the power and energy of The Prodigy and related formations but without vocals. Both debut cuts are pure adrenaline boosts.
– – – : “Space Flowers” is the single cut that couldn’t convince me for being too soft and without Breakbeats.
Conclusion: A somewhat different release to the French Tripalium roster although one reflecting power and energy.
Best songs: “Discrete 4”, “Reduction”, “Bad Teacher”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/FobosHailey
Label: www.tripaliumcorp.com / www.facebook.com/tripaliumcorp
Listen to “Reduction”:
About Fobos Hailey
Fobos Hailey is a DJ and producer based in Kazan, Russia. His background includes work as art director of the Lenin Club and as a radio host on California Pure FM, alongside promotion work and co-founding the MIR festival. Releases have appeared on labels including Conceptual, Elarum and Resonance Moscow, and on Dionysian Mysteries with the EP “Breathe” in 2024. “Reduction” was released on Tripalium Records in 2023.
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