THAT'S OK! #1

Dedication by Zomby
New Album Out Now
"A quality collection of sparse, melodic gems." - The Times (4/5)
"Wonderfully innovative, state-of-the-art urban electronica" - Mojo (4/5)
"One of dubstep's, and music's, brightest flames." - Drowned In Sound (9/10)
"Downbeat and terrifically eerie... Each track merits close attention." - The Observer
"This is the best record that Zomby's released yet and the really scary thing is he's (not) anywhere near peaked (yet)." - FACT (4.5/5)
"Marked by its sense of restraint, it has an unusually strong emotional pull... Dedication is a further extension of Zomby's future strand of music." - The Wire

Today Zomby releases his debut album for 4AD, Dedication. It's been over two and a half years since he released his debut album, Where Were U In '92?, a rave record evoking that titular period. Following a series of releases that switched from the melancholic to the menacing, Where Were U In '92? marked the producer out as an unpredictable, underground hero.
Now with Dedication, a wholly different record to its predecessor, Zomby returns from his hiatus with typical style. Dedicated to the memory of an absent friend, it is both a dark and absorbing listen that engulfs the listener, running between sparse electronics, techno hooks and minimal piano riffs. Making up for lost time, Dedication continues to put Zomby at a distance from his peers.
The 16 tracks are glacial, glassy and melodic in equal measure, running a gauntlet between the sombre piano tones of 'Basquiat' through to the Panda Bear collaboration 'Things Fall Apart', to the Starfactory sampling 'Natalia's Song', a track originally penned for kindred spirit, Burial. A true maverick, Zomby represents the brave front of dance music, and with Dedication has proved himself a formidable and precocious producer.