The ELC has many people with many functions, the beautiful thing about them is that they are all completely different people musically. DXN is the head producer of the ELC, formerly known as Fre$h Boi Dee, he used to make typical trap beats. This album shows you his development in a relatively short amount of time. You can hear his growth from some of our early tracks. Like our first song ever made 'Band Talk' was a Fre$h Boi Dee beat that sounded like everything else put out by random FL basement producers in ghettos across America. But you could slowly hear the shift in his style in songs such as 'All I Know' while it was still somewhat a typical beat per say, you could see him experimenting with different things. He used an arpeggiator, his drum pattern wasn't what you would call regular, he used several synths and just un ordinary sounds in general. But the real change came when Lavo's Core and Oracle of Seasons EP was released. Then you could see him coming to his own as a producer. He produced Lavo's Core by himself and you could hear the Raider inspired 90s darkness reminiscent of Three Six Mafia and somewhat Esham. Oracles of Seasons was produced in part with me, but he did most of the work. All I took care of was the sampling and melodies. You could hear the different mixing of his drums and how he tried to create an atmosphere with his beats. That's what he accomplished in Vibe $ession. I can honestly say that this album sounds like nothing I have ever heard and that's the goal of the ELC. To create things better and different from everyone else. Riddled with arpeggiators, off the wall synths, irregular strange drum patterns, and extended outros. This is something that is very hard to put into words, the sounds somewhat engulf you and something that's nice is the mixing on the tracks. Often times producers don't bother with mixing, so the levels of components will be all over the place and the beat will end up sound cluttered. But DXN did beautifully with the mixing on this, all of the sounds blend together harmoniously and you get the feeling that they were all some what tailor made for each other. I would recommend this album for anyone who's trying to stray away from the normal side of producing, this is something that could evolve into a whole different genre. The way the grimy chords exploded on the intro of the title track was mind blowing. The when it faded into the candy sweet almost video gamish sound of a soft chime and built up into screams of an electronic trap lot army with a beautiful synth over lapping it. Was absolutely perfect, this is reminiscent of the whole album, it nicely builds up in structure whether than just putting together a bunch of pieces that sound nice in a row. You can tell that DXN sits down and takes his time to
Make actual songs which is nice to see in today's age of 30 minute producers. He shed the pseudonym Don Beats because apparently someone already had it. He changed it simply to 'DXN' and with his name change comes a change in his style. I think that with this album, a new era is forming. The era of originality and the rise of actual producers not just beat makers. The link will posted below.
http://soundcloud.com/theeastlandcollective/sets/vibe-ession/s-JfYSL
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