- Adrianne Lenker
- Aldous Harding
- Anjimile
- Atlas Sound
- Bartees Strange
- Becky and the Birds
- Big Thief
- Bing & Ruth
- Buck Meek
- cumgirl8
- Daughter
- Deerhunter
- Dry Cleaning
- Erika de Casier
- Ex:Re
- Future Islands
- HAWA
- Helado Negro
- Holly Herndon
- Jenny Hval
- Lucinda Chua
- Maria Somerville
- Scott Walker
- SOHN
- The Breeders
- the GOLDEN DREGS
- The National
- Tkay Maidza
- Tune-Yards
- U.S. Girls
- Velvet Negroni
- All Artists
"A quality collection of sparse, melodic gems." - The Times (4/5)
"Wonderfully innovative, state-of-the-art urban electronica." - Mojo (4/5)
"Downbeat and terrifically eerie... Each track merits close attention." - The Observer
"One of dubstep's, and music's, brightest flames." - Drowned In Sound (9/10)
"It's beautiful atmosphere of sadness and decay is hard to deny." - The Guardian (4/5)
"This is the best record that Zomby’s released yet and the really scary thing is he’s (not) anywhere near peaked (yet)." - FACT (4.5/5)
"Marked by its sense of restraint, it has an unusually strong emotional pull... Dedication is a further extension of Zomby's future strand of music." - The Wire
Zomby releases his debut album for 4AD, Dedication, today (US 12th July). It’s been over two and a half years since he released his debut album, Where Were U In ‘92?, a rave record evoking that titular period. Following a series of releases that switched from the melancholic to the menacing, Where Were U In ‘92? marked the producer out as an unpredictable, underground hero.
Now with Dedication, a wholly different record to its predecessor, Zomby returns from his hiatus with typical style. Dedicated to the memory of an absent friend, it is both a dark and absorbing listen that engulfs the listener, running between sparse electronics, techno hooks and minimal piano riffs. Making up for lost time, Dedication continues to put Zomby at a distance from his peers.
The 16 tracks are glacial, glassy and melodic in equal measure, running a gauntlet between the sombre piano tones of 'Basquiat' through to the Panda Bear collaboration 'Things Fall Apart', to the Starfactory sampling 'Natalia's Song', a track originally penned for kindred spirit, Burial. A true maverick, Zomby represents the brave front of dance music, and with Dedication has proved himself a formidable and precocious producer.
Discussing the record, Zomby recently took part in an illuminating interview with Stool Pigeon. Read that feature here. Download/listen to recent single, 'A Devi Lay Here' by following this link.
Zomby - Dedication
Cat No. CAD3119
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