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Kanpai Records returns with another unheard of and much anticipated album called Identifying Marks by the duo called Indicia
Indicia – Identifying Marks (Kanpai Records)
After Kanpai Records’ amazing start with the extraordinary DJ Peas – Filter, among the other CDs that they released. They have continued to release lesser-known artists, who tend to innovate and give you unique albums and this is the case with Indicia. The duo of Betsy Ullery and David Ward make up Indicia and they have been already compared to Portishead at times, which seems the norm for any group that pushes some trip hop in their album. Sadly not many will ever equal or pass Portishead and that is an unfair comparison. Although Indicia has already received massive buzz from around the United States about their new album called Identifying Marks.
Indicia – Identifying Marks (Kanpai Records)
1.Its Coming Around
2.Corners
3.Powder
4.Elapse
5.Rescue Me (Interlude)
6.Rescue Me
7.Casualty
8.Run Away
9.Incomplete (Interlude)
10.Incomplete
11.FNB
It is refreshing when you hear an artist that tries hard to be creative and individual on their own. The CD gently glides from electronica to trip hop to some other genres that have not been named yet. It works well on so many levels and the creativity abounds.
Its Coming Around starts us off on a dark trip hop journey, with a haunting vocal. Corners picks up at track two with an almost downtempo style track. It is easy to see right here about how Indicia pushes things and how they like to be creative. Powder is a vocal charged electronic anthem that seems to make the vocal hit you hard. Its nice to see something with vocals that is done right.
Elapse uses a chugging bassline over electro riffs but places the vocal at the front here quite nicely. Interlude 1 or Rescue Me as they call it, uses a dark atmosphere and then pushes an almost dub vocal over some nasty beats. I just love it to death because its so dark. Rescue Me uses an almost trip hop bassline over a flowery vocal that about forty five seconds in, and then heads into a dark atmosphere at times but still uses a sunny riff at times, so it does play with your mind at times.
Casualty is dark as well, I love dark music and uses an almost electro bassline and yes it does have a vocal but the beats take the focus here. Run Away at track eight takes the electronic route with a non-dark atmosphere. The vocal is probably the highlight here talking about tasting my blood underneath your tongue and then the riffs take over and push this into a real corker of a track.
Interlude 2 or Incomplete as they call it comes in at track number nine. It is a chugging bassline followed by a vocal that you couldn’t hear very well, almost as dubby as the first interlude. Track ten brings in the full Incomplete and it is very dark with a haunting vocal, which reminds me of Beth Orton at times but not as haunting as her vocal. The only drawback of this album is it could have been incredibly more dark and haunting.
FNB ends the CD off with a devilishly addictive bassline and then it goes into the trip hop mode that the CD started on. I love the almost Beth Orton style vocal but trip hop won’t return anytime soon after the heyday in 1994 and 1995.
Conclusion:
Smart CD by a refreshing duo, they include a ton of influences, while it is not as quite as dark as some of us would like, it still gets the job done, very well. Get this, if you want something out of the ordinary.
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