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DJ Rum
Under Tangled Silence
Houndstooth (HTH180)
Release date: Apr 25, 2025, United Kingdom
๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐จ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ.โ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐กโ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ข ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐.
Felix originally began it in earnest in 2020 Covid lockdown, but a catastrophic hard-drive meltdown destroyed almost all his work and sent him close to psychic collapse himself. However, ultimately this pushed him to rebuild from scratch and in so doing to confront and reassess every part of his musical and psychological processes. The result is utterly extraordinary.
Felix was a child prodigy as an instrumentalist and his advanced musicality has always been prominent in his music, but here he has put himself front and centre as pianist, harpist and more. And this sense of exposure as a performer interweaves with an unflinching emotional openness too. Where sometimes electronic production as advanced as this can use intellect and techniques as shields from soul-baring, this is the sound of someone who can boldly say โI feel things, I cry all the time, and I'm not afraid to say it or show it in the music.โ But this doesnโt mean thereโs a move away from the soundsystems and dancefloors where Felix made his name as a uniquely innovative vinyl DJ. Even just in the opening track โA Tune for Usโ, minimalist piano ripples and jazz drumming flow into the breaks of vintage jungle โ and as the structure of the LP unfolds, a deep ambient meditation like โHoldโ can sit very naturally in between the futurist dancehall of โLโAncienneโ and the high-definition acid house mind movie of โGalaxy in Silenceโ.
In fact, as with the hands-on musicianship, that gutsy big-speaker electronic impact is delivered with more certainty, more expertise, more personal flourishes than ever. And all of those elements are more integrated than ever too: the sound of a total musical personality emerging afresh is truly something to behold. An already remarkable talent has been refreshed, reborn and is making the music of his life.
1
A Tune For Us
2
Waxcap
3
Unweaving
4
L'Ancienne
5
Hold
6
Galaxy In Silence
7
Reprise
8
Three Foxes Chasing Each Other
9
Let Me
10
Out Of Dust
11
Sycamore

