- There's a whole lot going on in the debut EP from Blacksmif, aka London's Yemi Olagbaiye. Across four tracks, he squashes in lush pads, sax solos, cut-up jazz drumming, Hoover bass, piano glissandi, skipping garage hi-hats and rimshots, down-pitched voices, etc. While it shares the moody inclinations of a lot of dubstep-not-dubstep since Burial, it's way busier than a lot of its brethren, preferring to come off as manic than merely polite—but it's a soft, opulent kind of chaos. You can hear an echo of Amon Tobin's influence, particularly in the churning drums of the title track and the walking bass of "Training Day"; Aphex Twin and Feed Me Weird Things-era Squarepusher both come to mind in "Deerhunter," with its majestic pads and breakneck breaks. "MANDY," an atmospheric garage tune at 140 BPM, manages to stake out a position between Flying Lotus and FaltyDL.
How well it all translates to the dance floor is a different question—awash in luxurious textures, the gauze sometimes obscures the not inconsiderable muscle. But you get the sense that the sunrise of the title is a reference to the period after the club's doors have closed, when the mind continues to race, unfettered by more narrowly "functional" concerns.
Tracklist 01. ...And The Sun Rose Out
02. Deerhunter
03. M.A.N.D.Y
04. Training Day