Nwe EP of D.K. >RIDING FOR A FALL<
Is another EP from D.K. about to land on Antinote while the first one has been announced only a month ago? Well, this looks very much like a series and spoiler alert Riding For A Fall EP is the second installment in a trilogy. With a BPM crossing the 120 line on 2 out of 3 tracks, there’s little doubt that this second 12inch is also meant to be played in a club environment. The 9:37 min long Voices sprawls over the whole A side. Like many productions stamped D.K., the structure is linear only in appearance: it winds up and down between fantasized exotic landscapes, digital plug-ins mimicking far east instruments that are barely recognizable. It gets even snakier with the Samurai Showdown-inspired Shoubuari (Battle): pixel swords brushing past our ears, martial drumming and menacing synths (D.K., were you the kind of kid who owned a Neo Geo?) its pretty obvious that were in the world of SNKs legendary fighting game. Things calm down with Riding For A Fall: less button-mashing, more concentration as were witnessing the sacred martial art known as Street Fighters quarter circles. But enough with these video game metaphors! No need to be a pro-gamer to enjoy this piece of music. It’s sad & slow house music with a cinematographic quality and, perhaps, the most moving moment in this series of 12inch.