METROPOLIS N

THE LATEST FROM ASTRAL BLACK COMES IN THE FORM OF THE 'METROPOLIS N', LP COURTESY OF QUEENS, NEW YORK RESIDENT AND IMPORTER/EXPORTER OF JUNGLE & D&B - NIGELTHREETIMES. HAVING INITIALLY GARNERED A NAME FOR THEMSELVES AS ONE OF NEW YORK CITY'S MOST VERSATILE CLUB DJ'S, WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR 'CALL OF THE VOID' PROJECT IN 2020 NIGEL ALSO BEGAN TO BUILD A REPUTATION AS A PRODUCER IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. RESULTING IN RESIDENCIES ON RINSE FM & THE LOT RADIO, RADIO SUPPORT FROM THE LIKES OF TOM RAVENSCROFT & UNIIQU3 AND PRESS SUPPORT FROM RESIDENT ADVISOR, OKAYPLAYER & MIXMAG - AMPLIFYING THEIR TALENTS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND.

WITH 'METROPOLIS N' NIGELTHREETIMES DISTILLS THEIR ECLECTIC INFLUENCES THROUGH THE LENSE OF ROLLING 160BPM BREAKS - TAKING IN JAZZ, 8-BIT GAME SOUNDTRACKS, SCIENCE FICTION & JUMP UP D&B. STARTING OFF THE LP WITH THE RHODES TINGED DOUBLE HEADER OF 'TSQ MELTDOWN' & 'EARLY MORNING FROM 103RD STREET', THE LATTER FEATURING SOME OF THE BEST DOUBLE BASS WORK HEARD ON A JUNGLE TRACK SINCE 'BROWN PAPER BAG'. ELSEWHERE, ON TRACKS LIKE 'ROAD2RAILS' AND 'PHANTOM SHORES' THE PRODUCER DITCHES THE INSTRUMENTATION IN FAVOUR FOR OSCILLATED SQUARE WAVES, DUBBED OUT VOCAL FX AND 8-BIT MELODIES, WITHOUT EVER LOSING SITE OF THE PROJECTS UNDERLYING SENSE OF OPTIMISM. ON THE ALBUM CLOSER 'INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION', X3 MANAGES TO BRING TOGETHER THE INFLUENCES WITHIN THE PROJECT, TYING TOGETHER A MUTED RHODES CHORD, SQUAREWAVE BASSLINES, FLUTTERS OF ALIEN MELODIES AND FINELY TUNED, CHOPPED BREAKBEATS INTO A 5 MINUTE SYMPHONY.

THE CONSISTENCY AND EXACTING PRODUCTION SKILLS HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS OFFERING FROM THIS EMERGING PRODUCER ELEVATE THIS PROJECT FROM ANOTHER DROP IN THE DIGITAL OCEAN TO A LANDMARK OPUS, FROM A PRODUCER CARRYING THE TORCH FOR THIS TIMELESS SOUND AND MAKING THE PROJECT WORTHY OF A SPOT ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE CLASSICS THIS GENRE HAS PRODUCED.

'METROPOLIS N' IS AVAILABLE OCT 13TH ON DIGITAL AND LIMITED EDITION VINYL VIA ASTRAL BLACK RECORDS.