The 2-step, dubstep genres are often associated with evoking a late-night, urban scrawl feel, where the streets are left empty and few things are visible but for the occasional light flickering out of a tower block. Somehow, Sorrow manages to achieve not only this; he also manages to take the listener to several other times and places all at once: Foreign lands; the seething desert; littered slums – close your eyes and just about any picture of your choice will spring to mind.
Thus, it might be a good idea for every film director to have this young Birmingham producer on speed-dial. I can think of some of my favourite films of recent times suiting these dark, creeping sounds: Oldboy; Lost In Translation; 127 Hours – all films with a stunning soundtrack already, but all equipped to suit Sorrow’s tracks even more so. It’s the surprising inclusion of conga drums on ‘Guardian’, the spiralling, echoed vocal line in the background of ‘Aftermath’ that gives these songs a foreign quality. Many artists tagged within this genre will often say “job done” by the time their music manages to evoke that late-night 1am feel. Sorrow doesn’t stop there – he always surges to take it one step further.
Sorrow - Guardian by Sorrow.
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