Mount Kimbie - 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth'

By Priyanka Krishnamurthy

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In Mount Kimbie's sophomore album, the London duo of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos breaks through conventional themes of electronic music.Though the album was entirely produced on a computer, you're still able to feel the rhythm and beats of the drum and bass. There’s a kind of intensity to the beats as they sporadically follow an organized rhythm, each intricacy tied to the next.The album contains two notable collaborations with British musician King Krule, a homage to James Blake's collaboration with RZA (“Take A Fall For Me”) on his recent album Overgrown. Its minimalism coupled with somewhat unintelligible lyrics creates an ambient/post-dubstep vibe (an-other James Blake shout-out).Mount Kimbie is finally taking more risks, attempting to really define the sound they represent. Tracks such as “Home Recording” and “Break Well” contain built-up drops and a variety of instrumentation.Mount Kimbie is changing the direction of modernist music, and I can't wait to see where they end up. It may have been a Cold Spring, but Mount Kimbie's sound is hot, hot, hot.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVBH1qIqe7Y