Despite being Ireland’s only Dubstep producer who has released an album, Barry Lynn aka Boxcutter surpasses most of his peers all over the world due to his broad-minded view on dubstep production. With this follow-up from 2006’s Oneiric, he has made a dubstep album to be listened to sequentially (much like some other lad called Burial or summat??) informed by jazzy flute samples, jungle, grime, 2-step and AFX-like electronica all fusing into a coherent release. Like Burial, there are no MCs and this won’t be played in clubs. It’s the sound of a man from Armagh pushing his sound further into acclaim.
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[audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Boxcutter_-_Bloscid.mp3] [audio:https://nialler9.com/mp3/Boxcutter_-_Fieldtrip.mp3]
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Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005 . He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.
amazing shit. Nice one Nialler.
great artwork too!
awesome album !
First album didnt do it for me I’m afraid… the boxcutter stuff is very much based in electronica (to my ears), whereas the Burial tunes are definitely from garage/2-step.. electronica bores the pants off me these days (the older I get!)
The first song is very trippy. I liked it a lot.
the first track has a lot of aphex twin sounds… reminiscent of the analord series
Boxcutter plays Dublin 22.02.08 | 4 Dame Lane upstairs
€6,000 special sound install for the night
[quote post=”854″]Boxcutter plays Dublin 22.02.08 | 4 Dame Lane upstairs
€6,000 special sound install for the night[/quote]
Finally, I was trying to find out about this. Conor told me about it yesterday.