Jaymie Silk - The Rise & Fall Of Jaymie Silk & Rave Culture LP [blue vinyl / label sleeve]

Shall Not Fade

£12.25

Format: 12" Vinyl, Blue
Catalogue No.: SNFLP011
Release Date: 06 May 2022
Genre: House / Techno

Tracklisting
A1 Jaymie Silk - Freedom For Everybody
A2 Jaymie Silk - The Heat
A3 Jaymie Silk - Stop Singing, Start Swinging
A4 Jaymie Silk - Party Downstairs
B1 Jaymie Silk - Bad B
B2 Jaymie Silk - Cats Love Drums
B3 Jaymie Silk - Waiting For The Day
B4 Jaymie Silk - Take Time To Breathe

Protean producer Jaymie Silk returns to Shall Not Fade with an intensely club-driven LP. On "The Rise & Fall Of Jaymie Silk & Rave Culture" a range of vocal samples tell a story over assertive rhythms that switch rapidly so that hard-hitting acid becomes breaks before melting into sleazy, low-end bass techno. Strap in!

It"s not easy to anticipate how any release from the Paris-based Jaymie Silk will sound. A self-proclaimed musical nomad and a real jack-of-all-trades, his artistic identity is defined by its undefinability. With this release - a follow-up from "The Legend of Jack Johnson" EP released on Shall Not Fade last year - Jaymie references the kaleidoscope of sounds which inspired him to make music in the first place.

Sampling an iconic Malcolm X speech, the force of which is bolstered by giant synth swells and clattering percussion, "Freedom For Everybody" places the album in the context of diaspora and resistance - themes that run ever-present through Jaymie's music. With "The Heat", he pays tribute to late '80s dance music, with a classic Lyn Collins drum break sample and diva-esque vocals. The hard-hitting acid-tinged techno of "Start Swinging" sees the album at its most assertive before "Bad B" takes things camper with deep bass pulses and
pitched-shifted vocals which affirm "I'm a bad bitch, yeah you heard about me". "Cats Love Drums" offers another direction completely with polyrhythmic percussion and real meow's before the two closing tracks leave a taste of sentimentality, with a major-key vocal melody and a giddy 150BPM pulse ("Waiting For The Day") and an intimate slow burner ("Take Time To Breathe").

The Rise & Fall Of Jaymie Silk & Rave Culture LP drops 6th May via Shall Not Fade.