Dutch talent 2562 marries techno and dubstep on his new artist album, Aerial, which drops next month on Tectonic.

2562, aka Dave Huismans, is one of a number of new producers marrying Benga-style rhythms with Basic Channel soundscapes. He takes his name from the district code of his hometown in The Hague, but the influences are from further afield: Detroit, Kingston, Croydon, Berlin. “I didn't want to jump someone else's train, but I figured if I bring my own musical background and preferences into play, I would come up with different music anyway,” explains 2562. “That's what I usually do really; absorb and process elements from all kinds of music I love and fuse them into something I feel comfortable calling my own.”

Aerial includes two tracks from previous 2562 12-inches Channel Two and Kameleon, as well as both sides of ‘Techno Dread/Enforcers’ which arrived on Tectonic last month. But don’t just expect a singles compilation: as Pinch’s Underwater Dancehall and Cyrus’ From the Shadows have proved, Tectonic dubstep is perfectly capable of making the leap to the long-playing format.

Tracklist

01 Redux
02 Morvern
03 Moog Dub
04 Channel Two
05 Techno Dread
06 Basin Dub
07 Greyscale
08 Enforcers
09 Kameleon
10 The Times

’Aerial’ by 2562 will be out on Tectonic on June 6th, 2008. 5 Comments