Subeena Feat. Jamie Woon & Om’mas Keith / Solidify

Planet Mu

Subeena (a.k.a. Sabina Plamenova) is a London-based dubstep producer and DJ with releases on her own Immigrant Recordings label, but with this single, she branches out beyond the restrictive confines of the genre with gentle ease and grace. "Solidify" is something of a supergroup collaboration. The track is split three ways with Om'mas Keith from Sa-Ra Creative Partners on keys, the sensational Jamie Woon on vocals, and Subeena providing drums, bass, and subtle production. Woon's honeyed soul harmonies glide across pools of spacy Rhodes keys and Subeena's tough, detailed insectoid beats and bass. It's a beautiful track that recalls the stoned soul of D'Angelo but with free-floating, state-of-the-art digital production and abstract depth. The B-side is just Subeena on her own. The bittersweet, melodic synths and crunchy drums of "Analyse" wouldn't be out of place on Artificial Intelligence-era Warp releases were it not for the traces of dubstep in the sparingly used delays and the sub-bassline that frame the tune.

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