Starkey - Starting Gates [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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[gvm11100]

I JUST DIED AT 0:42

[MrCookei]

FTW!!!!!!!!! 0:41

[joasten]

Trying to get away from the mainstream music that rules youtube, i think this helped quite a lot. Now it's time to find a quality download.

[Sja620]

Superior.

[antibalas79]

@thegratefulalive sounds like his vocals on rainy day dream away on electric ladyland

[thegratefulalive]

Is he using a sample of Jimi Hendrix's voice in the beginning? 

[dtown5647]

@speakgibberish1

yo can you save that type of shit for a lady gaga video.

[speakgibberish1]

@HexagonalBolts It's not dirty though, but it sure as fuck is intense!

[HexagonalBolts]

@speakgibberish1

Noooooooo, don't bring the boring repetitive 'dirty' comments in here too.

[72APTU72E]

Sinfully Beautiful.

[sweetshopping55]

delicious crunchy tune..