Unleashed from captivity on Halloween of 2015, ‘Lurid’ depicts the earliest spice and flare of South Jersey’s Charlie Quigley in the days when the forward-thinking, boundary-shattering DIGITAL ETHOS project was just beginning to take shape.
Still one of my favorite ETHOS tracks to-date, ‘Lurid’ utilizes a mesmerizing introduction equipped with tight-wound percussion and firm bass notes to build a sense of urgency as a precarious vocal sample haunts the backdrop. The vocals echo into a momentary hiatus of static noise, which builds indignantly into a tremendous surge of dark, sinewy bass which seethes and smolders maniacally as one seamless flood of sonic chaos.
Strap in tight for a bumpy drive down memory lane, and don’t forget to grab the free download of a staple DIGITAL ETHOS track here.
