Demdike Stare – Wonderland

I believe an underrated DDS album. It’s dark but has dance style beats. Brooding but also very upbeat. I really like the creepy DDS but their is something special about record bin samples and dance hall sounds

As much as I love the dark sampledelic Demdike of old, I have to say I've almost enjoyed more the post-Test Pressing series reinvention of the project as a forward-looking, post-deep tracks quality jungle/ original hardcore/ chune/ technoid whatever thing. As has been kinda said, the pair have a serious level of integrity that lacks in even the best bin-fossils from the original daze (think a hybridization of the best tracks/sounds minus any possible cheese factor), and honestly I feel like they're using some of their better, more professional musical skills here than in the smorgasbord of the Symbiosis thru Elemental era. The one thing I appreciate is how much more solid and physical the sound feels, a sound I feel is first heard in Miles last album & EP/ Millie Andrea collab w/ Andy Stott that has come back to pollenate the duo's work. A forward-thinking yet time-honored mix of sounds.