Da Subwayz Selectionz: Subwayz Selectionz 2014 My Top Albums of 2014 2 Lone

My Top 30 Albums of 2014

2. Lone: Reality Testing: (R&S Records)

Tracklisting

First Born Seconds
Restless City
Meeker Warm Energy
Aurora North Quarter
2 Is 8
Airglow Fires
Coincidences
Begin To Begin
Jaded
Vengeance Video
Stuck
Cutched Under

To be quite honest, I don't know where to begin in expressing my admiration for this album? Reality Testing was released in June and is an absolute classic. I love breaks, and I have nothing but huge respect for what Matt Cutler has achieved here. Every time I listen to Reality Testing I want to hear it again and again. There is a positive uplifting tone to this LP which is just intoxicating. It's a combination of punchy old school breaks, that are centred around adeptly programmed keyboards, with incisive vocals that seems to capture the mood perfectly. I want make it perfectly clear that this album isn't exactly inventing the breakbeat techno wheel here. Breaks and techno have been done before. But what Matt Cutler has achieved, is that he has created a body of work that has character, and not only has it reinvigorated the genre, but it has been accomplished with a sense of originality, and panache. Reality Testing is phenomenal, and has had me in it's spell for quite a while.
Take a bow Lone.

My Standout Track: Aurora North Quarter
(It's been very difficult to single out a stand alone tune)