mp3: ENDUSER switch
mp3: ENDUSER genesis (feat. kazumi)
back in 2005, i posted a track from lynn standafer, aka ohio’s enduser. taken from his ‘bollywood breaks’ release, ‘not so distant drums’ represented – to my mind – the first genre-meld between bollywood and breakcore. such a fusion is a visceral, almost cathartic pleasure – it casts aside any nagging doubts that music has lost it’s ability to amaze and enthrall.
in october last year, enduser dropped the long player ‘pushing back’ – and whilst it still retains the key drill’n’bass elements that have come to define standafer’s output, it also plays with our preconceptions of the breakcore artist as agitated noise-nik, by weaving moments of downtempo calm and vocal melody (see ‘genesis’ above). amongst contributions from nongenetic of shadow huntaz, bong-ra, dj hidden and jared luche from chemlab, there’s also another outstanding example of his love of bollywood, with ‘switch’.
the adnoiseam site is home to much of the enduser catalouge, featuring both excerpts and full length mp3s. standafer also now resides on murdochspace, where you’ll find upcoming club nights and tour dates and info on his next album, ‘left’, released through ohm resistance.