Ruby My Dear - ElectroWorld

Posted on 11/11/2015, 23:20 by: Luca EW

Ruby My Dear - Balloon
(Kaometry Records)

Tracklist
01. No Smoke
02. Nour
03. Hat and Beard
04. Peanuts on Train

Release Date
14th December 2015

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Ruby My Dear - Balloon

Press Release
The Balloon EP sees French artist Julien Chastagnol return with another superb four-track journey of finely crafted breakcore which is in turns dense and brutal then delicate and spacious, insular and thoughtful then charming and playful.
From the moment the mournful opening chords of 'No Smoke' are swiftly disrupted by a whirlwind of dark amen shards you know it's going to be an eventful ride. A massively present bottom-end punctuates with a combination of powerful punches and graceful glides throughout the piece offering an earthy context between the contemplation and the fury.
'Nour' brings a wistful mood to the fore, featuring an impressively dynamic composition of emotive melodies and rapid-fire drum patterns, underpinned by sub sweeps which feel immense yet never pull focus. On the more playful 'Hat and Beard', the characteristic splintered drum-work of Ruby My Dear displays a more spacious and rhythmically diverse arrangement, seemingly unafraid to fall apart entirely through spiralling effects before snapping back into focus with refreshed drive and intent.
'Peanuts on Train' sets forth on the final leg of the adventure, immediately conjuring the feel of 70s synth ambience and sound-track work. However this illusion is soon torn apart by an onslaught of insanely manic yet never abrasive drums, bass and arpeggios. As the pressure continuously mounts, neurofunk growls and hardcore/jungle-style vocal drops lend the track surprisingly mainstream dance-floor allusions, but without for one moment losing the unique emotional inertia and rhythmic immediacy of the whole EP, thus bringing the story to a close on a high and courageous note.

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Ruby My Dear - Form

Posted on 23/9/2013, 21:44 by: Luca EW

Ruby My Dear - Form
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Tracklist
01. Prah
02. Stax
03. Spleen
04. Carradine Suicide
05. Jitter Room
06. Annwvyn
07. 20-bits Fish
08. Geysa
09. Focus on Sanity
10. Oct Chrystal
11. Embruns

Release Date
21st October 2013

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Ruby My Dear - Form

Press Release
Breakcore for the human ear and mind: Ruby My Dear takes his complex and energetic breaks to a new level with his second album. More organic, more flowing, this new full-length doesn't focus on one “Form” but shifts with elegance from hard to beautiful, from exhilarating to seducing. Enriched by a very lush sound and an impressive recording quality, it is the confirmation that Ruby My Dear is one of the top producers of the genre.
A lot has happened to Julien Chastagnol (Ruby My Dear) in the year and a half separating his “Remains Of Shapes To Come” début from its sequel: the jump to physical releases, shows all across Europe at always bigger venues and festivals and most of all, the long-deserved recognition of this French artist as one of the finest purveyors of modern breakcore.
A good starting point to compare “Form” to its predecessor is to have a look at their cover artworks: both are complex, colourful and abstract (and in that quite different from what's usually done in breakcore). But where “Remains Of Shapes To Come” was angular, pointy and sombre, Ruby My Dear's new album displays a much more organic, flowing and aerial appearance. This evolution is reflected in the music, which has kept its impressively complex structure, its constant changes and its tonal richness, but has also grown a little softer and more humane. When he slices breaks, Ruby My Dear now also integrates beautiful voices (“Spleen”). When the beats get heavy and fast, he intertwines them with moments of melodic respites (“Focus On Sanity”). When the acid kicks in, it is together with humour and long build-ups (“Embruns”). Finally, when he invites his label-mate and breakcore figurehead Igorrr to the album, it is to play delicate lines of piano (“Stax”).
Ruby My Dear's music has always stood out for the intelligent way in which he brings its audience to dance and twitch, and yet always take the listener by the hand and keep a humane approach. This is not the hardest music around, but it might very well be the most o...

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Ruby My Dear - Remains of Shapes to Come

Posted on 5/4/2012, 21:54 by: Luca EW

Ruby My Dear - Remains of Shapes to Come
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Tracklist
01. Maiden
02. Rubber Head
03. Karoshi
04. Hawa
05. Uken
06. Chazz
07. Dinah
08. Rhythm-a-ning
09. Pannonica
10. Monk's Dream
11. Syuma
12. Knit for Snow
13. L.O.M. (Loutre Oblique Méridionale)

Release Date
29th June 2012

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Ruby My Dear - Remains of Shapes to Come

Press Release
Breakcore for the thinking, feeling man: Ruby My Dear's long awaited début album is an organic ride through open musical horizons. Sharp and efficient, beautiful and varied, these "Remains Of Shapes To Come" all fit together in a particularly coherent whole which puts back hard and broken music on the center stage. Songs rather than track, a complex balance rather an exploded insanity: Ruby My Dear is a master of controlled melting pot of genres and sounds and signs here an album which brings new blood, energy and enthusiasm to free-form, musically impressive electronic music. Call it breakcore, call it IDM, or hurry and find a new name, as these "Shapes To Come" are here to stay.
Music genres come, go, and come back again. It would be an understatement to say that breakcore hasn't been very seen a healthy influx of newcomers in true recent years. While the pillars of this scene (Enduser, Bong-Ra, Venetian Snares, The Teknoist, Rotator and a small handful of others), this free-form, electronic punk has hit the bottom of the wave, only to be reborn. Spearheading this renewal is, as usual with breakcore, a surprising act, hailing from France and named after a jazz tune. Ruby My Dear, which some should have heard recently on Whourkr's "4247 Snare Drums" album, offers with his début album a work which might kick breakcore to life again, and shows that you can do it with style and soul.
With a few digital releases pushed by the purveyors of good taste and heavy breaks that are Acroplane and Peace Off, Ruby My Dear has made a name for himself for his intricate beat-works and sense for emotional-but-not-cheesy melodies, always resulting in humane but playful, hard but deep tracks. "Remains Of Shapes To Come" is a new culmination of this talent at welding opposites, showing...

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