Dark Arx

I have received some fresh information from Dark Arx about some of their new plans and releases. First of we can expect a new Gerry Read release during the few next weeks, vinyl only though and the track "will work equally well in a dingy London basement as at a Miami beach party". Very curious about this one.
You can read the review I did on his first EP right here, and it was number two on my top 5 releases from 2009/2010. So be sure to check it out.

Dark Arx also did a collaboration with Reggae Roast Records, this brings us a fabulous EP with an orginal reggea track remixed by RSD and Dark Arx (also includes a dub version).
You can hear a preview of the EP:
Righteous EP - Release Date: 7th Feb 2011 | 12" Vinyl & Download by ReggaeRoast

As you can hear, the EP gives us 4 totally diverse but great tracks. EP release date is February 7.
But you can also Pre-Order the limited Vinyl right here: http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/14732

On the 21st of this month Darx Arx will be doing a late night set at CAMP for the Reggae Roast monthly. So be sure to check the blog the day after if you're interested about the set.

Dark Arx Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Arx-Recordings/295562965412

Gerry Read

I'm so glad that today I received a promo from one of my favorite music labels. Dark Arx only has 2 EP's on the street. But the quality is so astonishing good that the label stays on your mind anyway. Quality over quantity really should be their moto.

Well, good news. They now come with their 3th EP this year. The artist behind the EP is 'Gerry Read', he is new signed to Dark Arx. What immediatly got my attention is the fact that his influences are very close to what I call my favorite music.(James Blake, Actress, Martyn)

With that in my mind I couldn't wait to hear the tracks.(EP contains 3 tracks)

The first track is titled "Patterns", song is really what I expected from someone who says James Blake and Actress are some of his influences. The song is put together incredibly well. Combining some very energetic synths with a nice atmoshphere.

The track "Dreamer" is much deeper, that's probably one of the reasons he called it "Dreamer". This track has some sort of insanly good crunchy dub pattern that makes it very hard for me not to constantly keep playing the song. And I mean constantly.

Finally, you have "Climb". This track somewhat reminded me of Burial and that's about the biggest compliment I can give any artist. It's just the subtile vocal underneath that coat of ambient that makes the picture. This is my favorite one on the EP.

Conclusion is that this might be one of the biggest EP's I have heard in 2010. EP release date is 22 November. So we need some more patience, but it will be so worth it. Big up to Gerry Read, from who we will hear alot more in the future, no doubt.



(For some reason I can't link the soundcloud, so you'll need to copy and paste the link)
TEASER;
http://soundcloud.com/darkarxrecordings/sets/patterns-ep-gerry-read-1



Buy other 2 EP's here, 22 November the 'Patterns Ep' will be available here too: http://www.boomkat.com/labels/?id=6556

Dark Arx Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/darkarx