Two Fingers
Two Fingers
The duo of Amon Tobin and Doubleclick return with a super heavy, grimy collage of club-bangers and drum ‘n’ bass assaults. The self-titled album encompasses all facets of their sound. As a whole, this album is an aural beatdown. As Doubleclick brings the hip-hop MC styles, DJ-producer Tobin develops a chaotic blend of anything but Earthly sounds. With exotic samples, rumbling bass rolls and otherworldly glitches, Tobin must be robotic. That a human can even render such mechanical beats seems implausible. Added to these exotically diverse and mysterious arrangements is Doubleclick’s thick British accent, both sarcastic and sincere.
The only aspect that prevents this album from achieving flawless cohesion is the fact that each track sounds so distinctly different, so much that it’s almost a chore to readjust to the new sounds one is bombarded with from track to track. But perhaps this is Two Fingers’ strategy in keeping listeners’ attention, keeping them on their toes at all times. Tracks like ‘Better Get That’ and ‘Doing My Job’ feature the sassy, bad-bitch vocals of Ms. Jade over heavily percussive hip-hop arrangements, while the track ‘Moth Rhythm’ packs an arsenal of laser-beaming, sci-fi effects and a Chernoble-esque radioactive synth melody. ‘I’ve got a remedy for all your prob-lems’ Doubleclick spits on ‘Jewels and Gems,’ and this is certainly true in the stiflingly unique survey of sound showcased on this album.
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