Makam

𝘼𝙢𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙢’𝙨 𝙂𝙪𝙮 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙪𝙗 & 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙨 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙢 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣.

Nine years on from his prior Dekmantel session, ‘Tarp’ plays to Blanken’s feel for atmospheric and grooving styles smudged with a certain ‘Dam-ready quintessence. The 13 pieces unfurl just over an hour’s worth of vibes that hint at inspiration from NWAQ or Aardvark in the rearview, evident in the strolling pace and genteel variation between the grassy-underfoot skank of ‘Clear Skies’ to the 9 mins of dusty, organ-led shuffle to ‘Good Bye Mai’, variously taking in his stride crispy breaks and deep house recalling Milo’s early Nature Boy, thru almost Enya-esque sky chord plucks on ‘Forgive’, smudged Yacht disco in ‘Lummel Spirit’, and slices of Anthony Naples-alike house in ‘Jackie B’.