Through mock and claptrap, through intrusion and self-parody, through the total realisation of each otherâs craft
Elevation X Toiret Status | T.D.I.M
Breakbeat and early hip-hop methods of fast sample cutting and blustering edit work, side by side with drum and bassâ rhythmic tropes: intricately processed and following stricter tempo templates would theoretically make for interesting listening and itâs safe to say that in practice, it is and it works. Between Elevationâs beat-making and Toiret Statusâ offbeat edit work, this collaboration of ideas and processes only proves that, but T.D.I.M offers even more than you might first think.
ET03 is the first of four âright between the eyesâ cutfests in the eminent tradition of the edit record. All four tracks follow a specific idea: A self-absorbed / overripe reproach; an obvious escape from something. Perhaps the surrounding underground and its semblance of seriousness is what weâre running away from here.
Sooner rather than later, it sinks in that we're in the company of two playful beings, battling with their processes; one stretch of drum & bass placed like a playing card against a hand of hyperactive cuts and blasts, one after another. Separated by 6,000 miles but completely in tune with one another, Elevation and Toiret Statusâ battle of processes soon work out how to live side by side, under perfect control. It really doesnât take long before youâre absolutely convinced by the collaboration.
Thanks to (what seems like) Elevationâs conscious decision to time-keep with these abstract pieces and control rhythm and structure against more improvised arrangements, theyâre never too difficult to pin down. Instead, these four pieces are focussed and deliberate. Through mock and claptrap, through intrusion and self-parody, through the total realisation of each otherâs craft, T.D.I.M isnât an explosion of ideas, itâs an understanding of two different kinds. Whatâs perhaps the most interesting thing about this collaboration is that both artists portray different approaches, span different genres via different pseudonyms, but itâs the coming-together of these particular monikers which offers something entirely new and drives underground sound(s) into bold new directions.
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