With characteristic nonchalance, Various Production distributed another free track through their mailing list last week. As has been the story from the outset, no information, no context, no details are forthcoming. Whilst much of this info-lockdown technique is compelling (we are forced to focus entirely on the strength or the weakness of the music for gratification), it’s also often frustrating. Various Production swim between many different genres – from grime and dubstep, to rural folk and sea shanty, all without blinking.
With its looped, shuffling electro warble and chopped sampled chanting, ‘Warchild’ is less dramatic than most of their output, and thus less obviously a ‘Various’ track. It also features a precise, politically-inspired vocal from an MC that – as with all their contributing artists – remains nameless.
Next up: more remixes (from Rustie and Actress), a full album with Gerry Mitchell and their follow up to ‘The World Is Gone’. News and previews at official-various.blogspot.com.
Various Production -Warchild | mp3