Digital Brotherhood Impresses with Style-Bending Debut Album [Review]
Throughout the previous couple of years, there was a major surge of orchestral-influenced EDM albums. BT –although he could not have been absolutely the first individual to do it– actually obtained the ball rolling along with his 2016 album Digital Opus, a undertaking that featured orchestral remixes of a few of Transeau’s biggest works. Artists like deadmau5, tyDi and Alon Mor adopted carefully behind, releasing their very own orchestra-infused tasks all through the subsequent couple years.
One of many more moderen acts to leap on this practice is a duo going by the title Digital Brotherhood. When you have by no means heard of Digital Brotherhood, I can’t say I blame you. I personally had no thought the duo even existed till their debut album confirmed up in my inbox a number of weeks in the past.
The duo is comprised of two precise brothers; Josh and Jon Bogert. The 2 teamed up formally within the first half of the 12 months, utilizing Josh’s singing/songwriting abilities –he was well-known musician within the YouTube neighborhood previous to DB– and Jon’s digital music manufacturing abilities –making music for a number of years beneath the title Xepherin– to create a really particular undertaking.
Digital Brotherhood’s debut album Brothers & Sisters isn’t simply an EDM album with some strings thrown excessive for good measure; it’s a 28-minute sonic journey that explores musical blends I may have by no means dreamt of. Heck, if somebody had been to inform me only a few years in the past that sometime I’d be jamming out to track that noticed home and literal pirate music meaningfully coexisting (see “Waves” that includes Yiyi Hsu), I’d have referred to as them loopy.
Whereas “Waves” is perhaps essentially the most “on the market” when it comes to stylistic mixing, there may be a lot else on Brothers & Sisters to sing your tooth into. The album has every little thing from orchestral to dubstep to hip-hop to future bass to pop to entice to storage to moombahton… and as if that wasn’t sufficient, the album’s lyrics are constructive & encouraging, centering across the themes of true friendship and brotherhood (showcased finest on the album’s titular observe).
If there may be one criticism I’ve about Brothers & Sisters, it’s that lots of the drops are likely to fall a bit flat, at the very least when it comes to originality (nicely, that and I want the LP was an extended hear). Nevertheless, Digital Brotherhood’s formidable mixing, polished manufacturing, implausible orchestral infusion and catchy vocal performances greater than make up for that flaw. In my e book, this album is a must-listen.
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