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Этой работе тесно в жанровых рамках днб и джангла. Альбом гораздо более эклектичен и именно этим интересен в отличии работ от других продюсеров, от которых поклонники ждут материал как в прошлых работах. Тут же эксперименты весьма интересные.
Review: Nia Archives - Emotional Junglist
Twenty-six-year-old Nia Archives was born after jungle's heyday and was just a toddler at the tail end of the era. Yet she has emerged as both the genre's most stalwart revivalist and its most songful practitioner. Her 2023 breakthrough EP, Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against the Wall, topped the U.K. dance charts with some of the fleshiest melodies and tunes to be stretched over those hyperfast beats, and she hasn't stopped. While PinkPantheress' pop ambitions have driven her to pivot from two-step garage to Basement Jaxx-sampling house to stay fresh in an ever-shifting landscape, the artist born Dehaney Nia Lishahn Hunt proudly doubles down on her musical identity with her second full-length, Emotional Junglist.
Burrowing into those 160-180 bpm speeds has been good for Nia Archives though, and it's hardly stymied her musical growth. Alt-rock is a major touchpoint on Emotional Junglist, especially on the great first single "Boys in Blue," a fuzzed-out ex kissoff that begs for taunting singalongs ("I've never snitched, couldn't snitch like you"). The acoustic-driven "Dance With Me 2Nite" is another standout with Cure-esque countermelodies beneath a bossa nova-like construct if you muted the rhythm tracks. She and Jorja Smith duet in gorgeous harmony on centerpiece "Get Me Down," yet it also features some of the most furious drum-editing here. The blurred snare rushes and builds, which run into all kinds of percussive walls like aural bumper cars, are fit for a vintage Squarepusher instrumental.
A more traditional club banger gets its due on the pulsating "Vertical," even if the chorus melody could be mistaken for Incubus, who dabbled in DJ culture and double-time beats themselves. And with Sampha's dreamy help, Nia Archives grants her own wish on "Tender": "always wanted a love song." Jungle and emotions are just starting points for her fully realized aesthetic, which she has more than enough talent to keep fueling. © Daniel Aaron/Qobuz
