Greg Fenton reviews Goldie presents Rufige Kru & Submotive – Alpha/Omega – London Records
Whoever said music was meant to be easy didn’t get the point. Music is meant to challenge everything. Otherwise, it’s just Light Entertainment—about cold cash, the loss of soul and meaning. Listen to this album. It sounds like life is being torn apart and reassembled with vitality and anticipation of what happens next. Drums are integral, yet experience how the bass grinds or the way sounds enhance importance as atmosphere, perfectly captured here by Express Your Soul.
Try the orchestration of meaning. The opening notes of Sandcastles suggest an eternity of the sublime while its accompanying percussion celebrates positive light. The music contains as much subtlety, melody, and attention to the craft as it does powerful force teasing out the edges, People and Places. If you want something darker, the proceeding Still The Same spins intensity with CASISDEAD speaking, seeking out life stories to spell. Mercury sounds like an unnerving danger lost in the night.
As the journey continues, tension and uncertainty seem never far from reach. You get lost inside somebody else’s world with an invitation to participate in a dream, shining a distant light at the end of the tunnel. The closing number is The Guardianz and feeds into the chaos of the world surrounding us like a nightmare without a compilation date. It is also multi-layered as its elements reveal the natural order of things, each enhancing its counterpart, sprinkled with keys and searing knowledge. Questions are asked and answers are suggested. This is music on a mission.
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