{"id":30060,"date":"2022-11-02T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=30060"},"modified":"2022-11-03T10:29:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T04:59:37","slug":"justin-hawkes-drops-a-sensational-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/11\/02\/justin-hawkes-drops-a-sensational-debut-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Hawkes Drops A Sensational Debut Album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>American drum &amp; bass virtuoso Justin Hawkes dropped his debut album which, in our opinion, is the best DnB long release of the year.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">We are a little late to the party, but better late than never, right? <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5bNvSO3b75SGJrx0kOt996?si=OL6tNFl4SbGxHUsCDiV2Tg\" title=\"Justin Hawkes\">Justin Hawkes<\/a> has delivered the drum &amp; bass album of the year, and we simply can&#8217;t get enough of it. Emotional, powerful, and forward-thinking, with an eye on the dancefloor, Justin Hawkes has taken the art of making bass music to its greatest transcendental level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Previously releasing music as Flite, Justin Hellier championed the atmospheric and subtle end of drum &amp; bass before mastering the soft-toned character of his music into sheer euphoric and experiential brilliance. &#8216;Lift Off The Roof&#8217; in 2020 was the tune that kicked off the journey started for the American producer; with just his first release, we were given a glimpse of what the new alias was going to be all about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Justin Hawkes (FKA Flite) - Lift Off The Roof\" width=\"702\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KCNgukqK-ds?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">After releasing singles for the better part of two years, Justin Hawkes began teasing music referencing his debut album. Nearly half a year after teasing us with material from his debut album, Hawkes has finally landed a 15-track showpiece that can easily be labelled as the album of the year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The album begins with the title track, &#8216;Existential,&#8217; a cinematic masterpiece that takes a journey from the intro before seeping to hazy atmospherics, and then collapsing into an intense rolling number. Next up is &#8216;Better Than Gold&#8217; where Hawkes gives us a dose of the folks he grew up with, but with a dancefloor twist. The essence of the album is Hawkes&#8217; ability to enchant us with his dreamy and melodic creative mind; something he has done to perfection on &#8216;Black Boc.&#8217; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Inheritance&#8217; takes the album&#8217;s soaring intensity to the next level with a charging and steppy drum &amp; bass banger. &#8216;Hold Me Down&#8217; and &#8216;Passion&#8217; are the ideal examples of Justin Hawkes&#8217; concept of the album weaving through his thoughts and philosophies. &#8216;Neverafter&#8217; features a bright and moving intro before collapsing into a melodic wall of sound. The balance of energy for the listener on &#8216;Existential&#8217; is done with supreme perfection, and tracks like &#8216;Cadence&#8217; and &#8216;Dreambend&#8217; embody this thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Next up is &#8216;Hymn&#8217; which sees Justin Hawkes team up with fellow American drum &amp; bass producer Audioscribe. The feature of the tune is its cinematics, capturing the heart of every drum &amp; bass head on the dancefloor. &#8216;Hymn&#8217; also acts as the perfect prelude for the destruction Hawkes brings next on &#8216;Arbitrer&#8217; featuring PAV4N. The album begins its departure with the deep and intense &#8216;Lotus Children,&#8217; followed by &#8216;Heliocycle,&#8217; which exhibits a heavy dose of the organic and moving sound Hawkes has been pushing forward in the album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">&#8216;Tragedy, Humanity&#8217; takes Justin&#8217;s love for delicate elements into spaced-out realms before closing a phenomenal album with &#8216;The End Of An Empire,&#8217; which he describes as <em>&#8220;delving into my journey through crisis, the weight and forgotten wisdom of the past, and even the sometimes comedic power of being an outlier.&#8221;<\/em> This is a statement album from Justin Hawkes, exemplifying another exciting moment in time for both Justin and international drum &amp; bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Existential\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1cSL8rDVrmAXsWp8ZgBS3L?si=wLPnehvqTLOfZIrWlipGJA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grab the album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.junodownload.com\/products\/justin-hawkes-existential\/5757951-02\/\" title=\"HERE\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You May Also Like: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/10\/07\/tfword-review-solas-15-track-masterpiece\/\" title=\"TFword Review: Sola\u2019s 14-Track Masterpiece\">TFword Review: Sola\u2019s 14-Track Masterpiece<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/10\/26\/tfword-in-conversation-with-shanks\/\" title=\"TFword in Conversation With Shanks\">TFword in Conversation With Shanks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2022\/10\/27\/annix-turno-team-up-with-eskman-for-a-dnb-banger\/\" title=\"Annix &amp; Turno Team Up With Eksman for a DnB Banger\">Annix &amp; Turno Team Up With Eksman for a DnB Banger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American drum &amp; bass virtuoso Justin Hawkes dropped his debut album which, in our opinion, is the best DnB long release of the year. We are a little late to the party, but better late than never, right? 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