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Down Down Down
Electronic · 2006 · 2 tracks

Down Down Down

The Presets

Gritty, distorted electroclash that captures the dark underbelly of the mid-2000s dancefloor. A tense collision of sawtooth synths and commanding baritone vocals.

January 1, 2006 · Modular Recordings

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Down Down Down is a masterclass in the gritty, industrial-tinged electroclash that defined the mid-2000s Australian underground. It sounds like a sweat-slicked basement at 3 AM, where the air is thick with smoke and the bass is loud enough to rattle your teeth. The Presets eschew the bright, neon-soaked aesthetics of their contemporaries for something much more somber and physically imposing. It is a record built on friction: the friction of distorted sawtooth waves against Julian Hamilton's smooth, authoritative baritone, and the friction of rigid drum machine patterns against a palpable sense of human anxiety.

Tracklist · 2 Tracks
01
Down Down Down
3:18
02
Down Down Down (Digitalism remix)
7:08
Moments Worth Listening For
the moment the main synth riff finally breaks through the static, sounding like a siren in a thunderstorm
the bridge where the percussion drops to a skeletal pulse before the distorted bass returns with doubled intensity
Julian Hamilton's baritone dropping an octave during the final chorus, adding a layer of menacing authority to the track
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How does Down Down Down sound next to the rest of The Presets's catalogue?

Tense+1.9σ

Tense saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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