Album Review: TNGHT - TNGHT EP

TNGHT
TNGHT EP
Rating: Grrrr

TNGHT, the collaboration between Montreal producer Lunice and Glasgow producer Hudson Mohawke, release their self-titled 5 song EP, a blast of thick 808 beats and juicy old-school rap synths. While neither producer comes from the hip-hop scene per se, the focus here is definitely on a hip-hop party vibe, each of these tracks stuffed to the gills with as many sounds as possible, sounding completely schizophrenic, but thankfully due to the producers' talent they somehow keep it all in check.

Opener "Top Floor" skitters and slides under a rat-tat-tat drum pattern and thumping 808 blats as vocal samples are twisted and turned into a ghostly Indian wail.



"Goooo" ratchets things up considerably with a monstrous thudding beat, blurts of analog synths and ping-ponging air raid keyboards that ricochet all over the track.



Album centerpiece "Higher Ground" hits Diplo territory with a furious clapped beat, horn samples, and a delicious diva vocal.



"Bugg'n" glides along a chill beat like Timbaland of old, baby samples, ice-cold synth stabs, and a minimal drum program.



The only real misstep comes in EP closer "Easy Easy" which is a little too cluttered for its own good, and features one of the world's most annoying samples ever.



TNGHT is a consistently good EP that showcases both producers styles while incorporating them seamlessly in the mix. At a brisk 16 minutes it is a good appetizer hopefully for more good tracks from them to come.

Rating Scale:

Chilfos: masterpiece; coolest thing I've heard in ages.

Woof Daddy: excellent; just a hair away from being a masterpiece.

Grrrr: very good; will definitely be considered for my top releases of the year.

Yeah Daddy Make Me Want It: good; definitely invites further listens and piques one's interest for more material.

Meh: not horrible, but certainly not great; could have either been polished, trimmed, or re-thought.

Jeez Lady: what the hell happened? Just plain bad. They should hang their heads in shame and be forced to listen to Lady Gaga ad nauseam as penance.

Tragicistani: so bad, armed villagers with pitchforks and torches should run the artist out of the country for inflicting this abomination on the human race.