Under the alias ONHELL, Humboldt County, LA, producer Angel Rubio-Hale, channels his personal experiences and life struggles through the high intense vibrations of his Kill Your Self Doubt EP. It starts with a relentlessly headstrong grime introduction and later on precedes an upbeat atmospheric tone. Entailing a summary of the album in its entirety, it all ties together under a spectrum of emotions and conquering challenges expressed through vivid frequencies and sound.
“2018 was probably the worst year of my life. For a while there I was under the impression I was gonna go to prison for a good number of years. Luckily I swooped out of that situation and am on the come up. It’s been a long road and music definitely took a big hit during that period in my life. I know some find inspiration within conflict, but in this case, making music confidently was really hard. This next release is my come back. Kill your self doubt is just a message I feel represents my mindset after all the turmoil and I hope it inspires more confidence in everyone’s art.
But honestly. I don’t feel like killing yourself doubt is ideal. More like living with it but understanding that it doesn’t control you just exists as an element in your life” – ONHELL
With a consistent influx of deep bass and fierce synths, anticipation slowly rises through bitcrushing build ups slowly presenting a dynamic breakdown in the drops. Each track carries a unique tone consistently presenting ups and downs. It starts with kinetic energy, breaking barriers of dark ambience. It deliberately works its way back to your ears with a sense of relief. Kill Your Self Doubt is a masterful compilation remastered into one EP after his long-awaited development to drop in something produced to be heavily intense, yet lightheartedly inspiring. It’s paved its way to capture the producer’s raw abilities in oscillating supersonic melodies.
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Words by Mary Rose
