Django Django - First Light review • DIY Magazine

It’s been all systems go down at Django HQ the past week, with previews, premieres and a full physical release all rolled into a few short days. There’s not been long to assess the situation, but it’s safe to confirm that Django Django have indeed returned, with a tantalisingly stylish gesture to whet the appetite for a forthcoming new album.

‘First Light’ struts into earshot with a shuddering bass line; one that gives the impression of a record that’ll draw heavily on dance music influences, in particular the industrial, machine driven branches of house and techno that have formed part of Dave MacLean’s own imprint Kick & Clap. But taking on its true form, ‘First Light’ emerges as something that offers much more, an almost psychedelic offering of shimmering vocals, airy synthesizers and ear catching live percussion that’s given a real sense of groove by a bass line that had previously shaken its opening bars.

On ‘First Light’ Django Django in fact shine in a new light, searching beyond and beneath a concrete landscape of post-industrial consumerism, and conjuring quite striking imagery in a search for enlightenment. Its own exterior ditches the more hectic elements that studded the quirky Django shell and made them so invigorating first time round It gives way to a sound that’s assured, sleek and totally brimming with potential.

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