Starkey - Millennia [HQ]

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Philadelphian producer and genre cross-pollinator Starkey teases us before the release of his album Ear Drums and Black Holes with this excellent single.

It follows his recent mind-blowing session on Radio Ones Mary Anne Hobbs show where he built a track during the show from scratch (with the help of Anneka and Reso) which ended up with other daytime Radio1 DJs scrambling to play it.

Well, heres what happens when they have more than one hour to do a track; Stars is a tender lullaby, dedicated to getting lost in the wonder of the cosmos. On vocals is Anneka Warburton, a singer whose crystal clear but very tender voice curls perfectly around Starkeys graceful washes of synth and emotive effects. The song is the sort of experience that could happily last forever. The song gently builds, only to come down to earth softly in just over 3 minutes.

Slugabed does a remix, hes an artist whos on everyones lips right now and he gleefully shatters the song into fragments but keeps the melody just in shape, before bringing it all together in his unique style when the drums and bass drop, threshing the whole thing up.

The B-side features two exclusive tracks. Starting Gates starts gently before dropping into a huge hoover rush of lumbering synths, off beat soul claps, and a gently building soulful melody before it drops again, giving you just enough time to recover from the first time around.

Millennia sounds like its influenced by the cosmic sounds of 70s Germany as much as any dubstep, as it bends glacial melody lines around epic strings and fluttering electronics, gently building into tight synthfunk and dropping back to a vocoder-like bassline, before ending on deep 808 pads and restful oceanic noises.

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[offiec]

starkey is making dubstep an art, not just some crazy wobble-fest

[T4X2]

musta wheeled this about 50 times in the last hour

[Cptheadstomp420]

@T4X2 then you must have a.d.d or some shit

[AslanElectro]

Should do a collab with Ital Tek, shit would be insaaane.

[MrRom87]

my fav from starkey; most powerful thing i have ever heard. BUY IT ON VINYL AND TRY IT ON REAL SPEAKERS

[T4X2]

@jaegere91 @steverocks11784 errrm how so? When was the last time you heard somebody pull up a track when it reaches the end.?

Its quite possible i only played the first 10 seconds, stopped and then started it again. Doing this 50 times can easily be achieved within one hour...

[jaegere91]

@T4X2 yea thats impossible...

[jonnyabc777]

@xENJOIxVANSx lol stars



[helloimmelissawilson]

cant believe ive only just realised how sick this track is

[ImOldGregBetch]

Starkey is a modern day composer the likes of Beethoven... instead he works with an electronic orchestra layering vast complicated melodies into a set of beautiful (seemingly impossible) harmonies. This is exactly how he should go down in history, anything less and I might have to choke a couple bitches out

[SoulfulSalvia]

That beat is just on point !