Lower Spectrum – Masquerade
I like to imagine, as those synthy sounding notes peel out through the track, that it’s actually the wailing voice of Ned Beckley filtered and filtered again until it becomes a piercing whine. It’s one of the many aspects of this track that add more levity to the production than much of his past record. Sure the weight is still there in the form of that brass and thumping bass (who is Atlas without his globe and would Shaq be Shaq without size 22 Reeboks?) but there are groovier and more playful elements that see him edging onto new turf. The track rolls rather than thunders onward, a smooth movement punctuated by rising synths, slicker bass kicks and a 50s vocal sample. He’s a true sound engineer and meticulous in his dedication to individual sonic crumbs which is likely why he’s found his composition work in such high demand. I think we’re past the point at which I can be trusted to objectively discuss Lower Spectrum records anymore and have entered a period more reasonably referred to as the fanning out stage. If the recording below was actually dead silence I’d be none the wiser, having employed a level of cognitive override sufficient to hear only what I expect from anything with Lower Spectrum’s stamp on it: excellence.
He’s touring nationally at the end of April and I can affirm without hesitation that you’d be a fool to miss it. I’ll except only two excuses for absence and those are incarceration and death so be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice or be present.
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Great groove, fun synth melody, & classic feeling.