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KID DRAMA - MACHINES AND OTHER THINGS
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Machines And Other Things
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METALP22
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Drum n Bass / Jungle /
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Vinyl record
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2x12" Drum N Bass / Jungle - Kid Drama presents 'Machines and Other Things', his first full-length album for Metalheadz and a project shaped by instinct from a producer three decades deep into his craft.
Initially conceived through the lens of the classic Headz sound, the album only found its true identity once Kid Drama stopped looking backwards and allowed his own Autonomic influences to take hold. Slowing the tempo and focusing on groove rather than function, he built a body of work unconcerned with club trends, instead prioritising atmosphere, texture and progression.
Written sequentially rather than assembled from a large pool of tracks, 'Machines and Other Things' captures a distinct moment in time. Across the album, layers of tape saturation, analogue processing, noise and environmental detail sit alongside melancholic melodies and intricate rhythms, creating a sound that feels tactile and deeply immersive.
Also featuring collaborations with Goldie, dBridge, Loxy and LaMeduza, 'Machines and Other Things' finds Kid Drama drawing on the past without being defined by it, delivering a body of work that feels unmistakably his own.
You'd be hard-pressed to believe Damon Kirkham aka Kid Drama has spent three decades trotting out many an alias and EP without ever releasing a full-length album, but here we are. Perhaps it was high time: judging by the given backstory, the album likely wasn't conceived as one during its making, and it seems likely that it came together unwittingly as such, where classic 'Headz tropes converged in a better way than the usual EP-space of four tracks. We're blessed with the real tape-saturated buzz of 'Spaces', 'A Song For Sunday' and 'Recalled Ghosts' most preferably, hearing Kirkham pull out the sun-dappled day-party d&b nostalgia for the liquid lovers.
Initially conceived through the lens of the classic Headz sound, the album only found its true identity once Kid Drama stopped looking backwards and allowed his own Autonomic influences to take hold. Slowing the tempo and focusing on groove rather than function, he built a body of work unconcerned with club trends, instead prioritising atmosphere, texture and progression.
Written sequentially rather than assembled from a large pool of tracks, 'Machines and Other Things' captures a distinct moment in time. Across the album, layers of tape saturation, analogue processing, noise and environmental detail sit alongside melancholic melodies and intricate rhythms, creating a sound that feels tactile and deeply immersive.
Also featuring collaborations with Goldie, dBridge, Loxy and LaMeduza, 'Machines and Other Things' finds Kid Drama drawing on the past without being defined by it, delivering a body of work that feels unmistakably his own.
You'd be hard-pressed to believe Damon Kirkham aka Kid Drama has spent three decades trotting out many an alias and EP without ever releasing a full-length album, but here we are. Perhaps it was high time: judging by the given backstory, the album likely wasn't conceived as one during its making, and it seems likely that it came together unwittingly as such, where classic 'Headz tropes converged in a better way than the usual EP-space of four tracks. We're blessed with the real tape-saturated buzz of 'Spaces', 'A Song For Sunday' and 'Recalled Ghosts' most preferably, hearing Kirkham pull out the sun-dappled day-party d&b nostalgia for the liquid lovers.
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a1
Spaces
a2
You & Me
a3
A Song For Sunday
b1
April
b2
Forever Sun
b3
Tantrum (ft. Loxy)
c1
Vulture God
c2
Right Now (ft. Goldie)
c3
Recalled Ghosts
d1
Deep Cover
d2
Chrome Splash (ft. dBridge)
d3
Try (ft. LaMeduza)
Last FM Information on Kid Drama
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Kid Drama is one of Damon Kirkham's production aliases. He is part of the now-defunct duo Instra:mental, which split up in 2011 (the other member being Alex Green aka Al Bleek, Boddika).
Kid Drama tracks usually fall near the 170 BPM side of the spectrum, called by many as a revival of the 'Autonomic' sound, while his Jon Convex alias takes a 140 PBM, electronica vibe.
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