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Listen to ‘Numbering’ feat. DJ Earl by Debit

SYSTEM is Debit’s attempt at contemporizing Northern Mexican tribal guarachero and that’s a tricky space to play in. Typically, when electronic music artists work with or borrow from regional music it comes off as trope-y, a base attempt to generate conversation without working hard or being inventive. Changing things around minimally or slapping on shopworn grooves is a quick-and-dirty way of exploiting native ingenuity.

Sure enough, even on ‘Numbering’, Debit collaborates with Teklife legend DJ Earl to reconstruct tribal guarachero rhythmic progressions in the most stripped down way. However, in this case, stripped down translates to neither unimaginative nor tawdry. ‘Numbering’ lets its percussion throb, robbed of all the high-pitched characteristics typical of its origin material. Impregnated with lumbering understated sub-bass wobble, it paves way for delightful torment, leaving enough space in there for the listener to construct their own hypnosis around it.

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Released June 20, 2019

Debit — SYSTEM
Art — Victor Barragan
Master — Alan Silverman