Live Review: Jimi Crisp 'Marion'
New anonymous Australian producer Jimi Crisp might have only been around for a few days, but he is making music well beyond his very limited experience!
As electronic music continues it's rise to complete world domination, the challenge to create something "experimental" or even just "different" increases every day. So, when you do indeed stumble upon an artist that is making music that would fall under both of those adjectives, and making it very well, the excitement is very real!
Not much is known about JIMI CRISP. He has only been releasing music for 11 days according to his SoundCloud, and has a mysterious website in the making. What we do know is he is Australian, and makes some of the most peculiar but seriously impressive tracks I've heard in quite some time.
Dropping two tracks and a live mix on the same day via SoundCloud, each track sounds like a combination of Ratatat and Todd Terje in the best way possible. Utilising guitars with electronics seems to be almost unusual, but it has been pulled off tremendously. Tagging first track 'Alison' as "Strathouse", and second track 'Marion' as "Githop", these don't give much away once you start listening to the music.
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From the bassy, house beat featuring some searing guitar solos on 'Alison', to the nearly-seven-minute jam on 'Marion', this could well be one of my favourite discoveries of this year, but it's the latter track that really had me moving. Using an array of modified synths and effects combined with the hard hitting hip hop beat, the track is immediately attention grabbing with it's groove. From there, more and more is added to the track, from the heavily effects on the vocals to the whirring synth sounds and electronic noises.
The bass gets heavier, the vocals are drawn out, and the beats are harder as the track weaves it's way along. Crisp's ability to have each layer moving together so cohesively is something to be marvelled at, when you hear just how much is in the track at this stage. He manages to keep you totally engrossed for each of the nearly seven minutes, and wanting more when it ends all too soon.
There is no word of what is still to come from Jimi Crisp, but his website does hint that there may be something in the future. Until then, these two tracks will have to do!
Words by Emma Jones.
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