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You know well what happens sometimes. A video catches your eye, curiosity sparks, and that's it. If you like the track, you move on to the second and then the third, ending with a "damn, this is awesome," and it's pure enjoyment.
It's Daniel Davies, a Bristolian Englishman (a city, a certainty) who released in 2019 "Devil's Dance" (bandcamp), a dark electronic fresco blended in a pessimistic and decadent ambient. The end of the world seems at the door, the devil appears happy and dancing while humanity is on the brink of collapse.
The tracks unfold between mephistophelian, pressing dub ("Dub Hell" and "Hell Version" with a Cure-like final bass), post-industrial ambient (the annoying opening of "Concrete" with a dreamy end), and minimal-techno military rot (the title track "Devil's Dance"). And if by chance in "Radiation" and the kilometer-long finale of "Vertigo" the idea of the Titanic's orchestra resurfaces in your mind, don't worry, it's all fine: there isn’t a sinking ocean liner but an entire planet burning. And a lonely sax drowned in ambient discomfort seems to capture the imminent catastrophe.
It's a pleasant surprise for genre lovers, a breath of sick air for those who want to face the future with more awareness, it's yet another cry of alarm that will remain unanswered.
Because, as always, it's not the questions that are missing inside us but the right answers.
War is coming to town...
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