Safehouses was an incredible acheivement for a first EP.
Debut single on R&S was also astounding – Detroit Falls is possibly one of the best debut singles I’ve heard by a producer. These days, Pariah has been keeping a bit quiet though, on the solo side of things. But that’s fair enough, seeing as he’s been buddying up with fellow fresher Blawan both collaboratively, under the moniker Karenn, and through setting up a record label together, Works The Long Nights (listen to previews of their first release here).
But enough about that – he’s back, that’s what’s important. When I saw him DJ at a rawkus night at The Cellar in Oxford, he showed up fellow basshead Gemmy, who you could argue has been on the map for a lot longer. So why is this guy headlining? Probably because he’s one of the brightest sparks on the electronic music scene at the moment. I can see why he associates himself with Blawan, who I saw as the new Untold at the time – they both have their ears very close to the ground, Blawan taking a very matter-of-fact approach and developing his own aesthetic, whilst Pariah branches out, delivering a diverse range of productions that, at second glance, are incredibly well composed. They sound sculpted, the attention to detail near impeccable, and they’re alright in the club too. Not bad?
Left Unsaid has Pariah converging with the aforementioned Untold style. Drops and pauses, rapid, and very percussive. He’s put some nice chopped up vocals in there too. The lovely thing about this one though is the intense lift it creates – when that disorientating bass comes in after the second drop, you’ve gotta admit, you’re hooked. And there’s no resolve, it just keeps going – no letting down with this lad. I can even see him competing with Ramadanman once the track starts coming to close. According to R&S, this is going to part of a new compilation released on the 31st, entitled IOTDXI (In Order To Dance ’11 I suppose) of which the second disc is full of fresh new tunes from Lone, Bullion, and a few other producers already mentioned in this article. Fuckin’ sweeeeet.
Listen to Left Unsaid below.