- Big beat
- Avant-hop
- Experimentalism
- Electronic music
- Alternative
- Industrial hip-hop
- Leftfield
Comment: Nick R
61 is a prolific artist from Russia who has been heading an imprint,
Fusion Records for years as well (a huge part of the discography is
covered by his own releases). As similar as the title of the records
suggests his music is also a platform to mingle different impulses
with one another. For better or worse, it might be
.tochka (Dot
in English) is the most challenging issue of him by widening his
legacy with the tectonic squalls of bouncing rhythms,
industrial-inspired sonic effects, swirling currents of microscopic
noises and scruffy ambiances. Yet it may freely be my illusion
because Nick R 61 has been criss-crossing from dub and raggamuffin to
glitched-out electronica and techno and hip-hop to drill and bass and
breakbeat cadences. Furthermore, it needs a tremendous effort and an
immense amount of time to get a solid overview about his oeuvre. All
of that embodied in a set of four tracks results in an exciting
crossover experience. Without a doubt there cannot be denied an
influence of The Death Grips and Dälek on it but on the other side
the artist adds his previous spiritual undercurrents to the 12-minute
blend. At times one can feel as if shifting between the jungle, and
an urban area, between the blossoming freedom and an oppressive,
artificial system which is called the civilization. Superb.
