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Froid Dub – Deep Blue Bass (LP Mini-Album )
40,00 €
CONDITION: Pre-owned – Mint, new (M)
Unsealed vinyl listened for review
In the teeming landscape of French dub, there are works that resonate far beyond the walls of sound systems. The electro dub vinyl album Deep Blue Bass by Froid Dub is one of these: an abyssal dive into a sonic universe where the bass becomes an irresistible and deep underwater current, while echoes, delays, and reverberations create a frozen, almost spectral landscape.
The album’s very title, Deep Blue Bass, is programmatic: everything here is about depth (deep), coldness (blue), and sonic gravity (bass). This is not a festive or exuberant dub album, but an introspective, almost meditative work. Some tracks evoke Arctic landscapes, with their icy synth pads and slowed-down rhythms. Others flirt with a kind of ambient dub, where the bass line remains present but becomes almost hypnotic, blending with synthesizers that literally sing, sometimes relayed by a real “synthetic” voice.
Where Basic Channel / Pole created cold techno dub, or Scorn made heavy and dark industrial dub, Froid Dub invented a warm, minimal, introspective polar dub, with an almost cinematic logic that evokes Arctic landscapes, the abyss, with their icy synth pads and slowed-down rhythms.
From the very first bars, we understand that Deep Blue Bass is a work designed for vinyl. The subtle warmth of the analog pressing counterbalances the digital coldness of the effects used.
The unique sound of Deep Blue Bass owes in part to the work of Krikor Kouchian, aka Krikor, who mastered the album. A respected figure in the French electronic music scene, Krikor is also known for his own productions.
For anyone looking to rediscover the hypnotic power of dub, stripped of its party clichés and refocused on its purely sonic and experimental dimension, Deep Blue Bass is an essential stop. A cold yet vibrant monument.
Label: DELODIO – DEL13
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Froid Dub – Deep Blue Bass: When the bass plunges into the icy abyss
Froid Dub, a duo from France, has developed its own distinct aesthetic: a minimalist dub, where each element is placed with surgical precision. Where other bands seek roots warmth, exotic samples, or festive brass, Froid Dub explores a more introspective, colder, almost clinical at times, but always profoundly organic path.
It could be said that Froid Dub practically invented, or at least theorized and affirmed, the concept of “froid dub” as an aesthetic subgenre of dub. Of course, minimalist, industrial, or very “spacey” dub already existed in the history of music (certain tracks by Rhythm & Sound, certain experiments by Pole, or even Basic Channel). But Froid Dub is undoubtedly the first to explicitly claim this icy climate as a signature sound and to name it thus.
Beyond its purely sonic aspects, Froid Dub – Deep Blue Bass also fits into a broader tradition: that of dub as a music of resistance and experimentation. In France, dub has always had this dual identity: both rooted in sound systems and open to the most radical electronic experiments. Froid Dub continues this tradition, but with its own signature: an assumed coldness, almost clinical, that contrasts with the warmer effusions of British or Jamaican dub.
The graphic design of the cover, understated and evocative, also contributes to this aesthetic. The deep blue evokes the abyss, but also a form of melancholy. The choice of vinyl is not insignificant: it’s a declaration of loyalty to a certain sound culture, where listening is a ritual, not just background music.
It’s a sensory experience, a dive into icy but welcoming waters, an exploration of the sub-bass that permeates our bodies as much as it envelops our minds. Here, Froid Dub creates a major work, which can be heard as much as it can be felt.
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