Bangalore-based Watashiâs music always communicates a story, and if you are looking for a surface-level piece of music, you are in for disappointment because Watashiâs music is deep, intricate and distinctive.
Bringing influences from punk-rock, metal, Watashiâs music traverses around the magnetic fringes of Drum & Bass, techno, jungle and ambient. Taking his penchant for the eerie and the atmospheric, he has taken his neoteric UK Underground material to labels like XCPT, Regenerate Music, and Hyperactivity Music which has hosted heavyweights like DLR, Wingz, L-side and many more.
Watashiâs last musical exploits came when he self-released a hyperclean two-tracker which was meticulously crafted with care and precision. Now for this first release of the year, Watashi has returned to Regenerate music for his debut album âEuthanasia Coasterâ. The release is a musical anecdote from the emotional and psychological experiences that we through in the last couple of years when were confined to limited spaces.
âEuthanasia Coasterâ is an album that Watashi has delivered by pushing his creative limits and carving himself new sonic paths that are unconventional and free from style boundaries. The album was made keeping the producerâs emotional expeditions in mind and they have translated immaculately with just the first track.
âStasisâ is a tune that illustrates Watashiâs state of equilibrium with its long piano rolls and haunting soundscapes. âSystem Failureâ takes the punchy terrains with its melancholies and invasive industrial drum work before collapsing into âDreadâ which is a slow burner that unfolds with a gritty narrative that builds with every sonic stride.
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âPerilousâ is a tune where the album grows in its stature with its soulful yet sinister touches that are weaved seamlessly with its sophisticated sound design. âTwos A Crowdâ is an introspective Drum & Bass roller that is club hungry yet meant for aural pleasures that are dark and obscure.
âSpectral Fireâ is a tune that brings Watashiâs love for punk and metal to the fore which is bedded supremely well with its burly bass weight. Title track âEuthanasia Coasterâ is a tune that follows no musical directive with its odd time signatures and sonic hairline fractures that exist between traditional musical tropes.
Final track âCorpse Danceâ elucidates the albumâs title through its rhythmic motifs that are pieced together to form a more intelligent style of the UK Underground that is fresh, cutting-edge, and swelling with a rumbling bassline.
Here’s the premiere of Watashi’s ‘Twos A Crowd’ on Filth Inc.
Buy/Stream Watashi’s âEuthanasia Coasterâ HEREÂ
