Woob

Woob is U.K.-structured ambient-dub musician Paul Frankland, whose albums for Em:t Recordings are being among the most praised and encompassing documents of post-rave ambient from the last many years. Incorporating Middle Eastern instrumentation and vocalese with Jamaican dub-style creation, restricted, snappy breakbeats, blankets of synth drone and melody, and loads of treated examples and field recordings, Woob can be sort of state-of-the-art snapshot of seriously hybridized post-rave experimental ambient. Frankland initial came to interest through his involvement in another Music skill competition kept at London’s Wembley stadium, refereed by, amongst others, Mixmaster Morris (of Dreamfish and Amazing Force popularity). Frankland’s admittance in the workshop/competition — a four-track demonstration tape — was praised extremely by Morris and eventually passed to several United kingdom music journalists, eventuating Frankland’s romantic relationship using the Nottingham-based Em:t label. Frankland released his initial record as Woob, 1194, through Em:t and it has since contributed paths to many of the compilations, in addition to launching a follow-up full-length, 4495. Stateside reissue of 1194 with the widely-distributed Instinct label in addition has given a increase to Woob’s presence, and Frankland’s reputation reaches or near that of his relatively even more prodigious contemporaries. Furthermore to his Woob function, Frankland also information (as well as DJ Colin Waterton) as Journeyman for the Ntone label. The pair’s function is comparable to Frankland’s very own, even though Middle Eastern components are largely changed by much less localizable, seriously treated and manipulated affects. [Discover Also: Journeyman]