Marc-E is a little bit of an anomaly within the EDM/electronica world, as the one factor he actually adheres to is just not adhering to style or beat construction. Over the course of his discography, Marc-E has coated just about each kind of beat construction one can think about, actually, from home to psytrance to drone to halftime. Way more involved with vibes, Marc-E is extra keen on channeling the extra religious elements of music by way of what seems to be an experimental format. His work isn’t all woo-woo panflute both; he prefers to work with deeper, extra earthy tones.
Following the earthy rabbit gap as he has since YEDM first featured his 2021 album, Catharsis, appears to have led Marc-E to an fascinating new place in his fashion journey. Along with his newest observe, “Earlier than the Thought,” he’s nicely and actually into bass music. “Earlier than the Thought” opens with a single, deep, dropping sine observe which is slowly stuffed in by different eerie and unconventional sounds (is {that a} glockenspiel?). This opening and its sluggish addition of elements might lead listeners to imagine the observe will beatless or have an unconventional beat construction however on the observe unravels, it’s truly fairly clear. It’s a halftime tempo with a straight beat, tantamount to slowed-down riddim.
As odd as that classification might sound to riddim and even halftime/lure adherents, the kind of work in “Earlier than the Thought” has been simmering under the floor of EDM for a very long time. Deep bass soundsystem-style lure and halftime are fairly usually launched by the likes of 1985 or Deadbeats. In reality, a little bit extra edge to this observe and it may slide proper in amongst Alix Perez and Headland’s current releases on 1985. Not that Marc-E is worried with that; he appears rather more of an unbiased participant. “Earlier than the Thought” does have these nice, soundsystemy mind therapeutic massage deep bass drones, nevertheless, that any raver would relish after an extended competition of banging bass.
Taking part in as a lot with power as he experiments with sound, “Earlier than the Thought” is simply shocking by way of how deep Marc-E will get with the bass right here. Followers of this ambient and tribal tinkerer shouldn’t be shocked that he’s added yet one more beat construction to his fashion, and it’s clear he’s nowhere close to completed. Will probably be fascinating to see the place he goes from right here.
“Earlier than the Thought” is obtainable to stream on Spotify or to buy on Bandcamp, together with the remainder of Marc-E’s work.
