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 After catching a Winduptoys live set a few years ago I remember being impressed by Robert & Jeremy's DIY ethic when it came to making all sorts of bleeps & glitches. Everything from flexed, amplified rulers to bird whistles & vocalisations sent through analogue processors, their palette of sound limited only to their imaginations. Their new album Double Exposure released through the Australian label Clan Analogue, takes all the home made noises, mixes it up with healthy dash of down tempo dub inspired beats & sub bass, stirs in some abstract noise collages and culminates in a certain redefining of the electro - dub genre itself. The album features some great collaborations including Sydney based psychedelic groovester Psyburbia, who's contribution to Dub On Mars takes the space dub to extra terrestrial limits and Polish beat meister Koshowko who's trademark processed vocals take on strange similarities to an overdriven harmonica on Switched On. Many of the tracks also feature an array of different instruments such as hammer dulcimer, flute, tablas & analogue keyboards which really gives the album a diversity of voices not generally heard in a release of this nature. Track 2, Switch On, which is coincidentally the albums single is my pick and stands out for having all those qualities that make a great track with heavily treated melancholic vocals underpinned by a catchy melodic riff which lingers in the mind well after the CD is finished. Having lived here in Bristol for so long I have been fortunate to witness the early fusion of electronica and dub in Gary Clail, Mark Stewart - Pop Group's On U Sound and Winduptoys are definitely writing the next chapter in a genre that continues to enthrall. Distributed through Creative Vibes Australia, the album & single are available through the Clan Analogue web site. Review by
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