If there's one conclusion I walked away from with this project, its that Blanke isn't very good at making dubstep, especially not melodic dubstep.
Heaven feat. KC w/Rival: 4.4/10 I mean its your typical overdramatically orchestral, rocktronic, sadboi meldub with a splash of brostep in there. The hook is decent ig.
Alphane: 4.6/10 A melodic, not completely overblown clone of a typical Sullivan King track, but its kind of really dull. The metal growls on this one make Thrones of Blood look ... read more
Spotify's "Album Picks": Day 1 - Blanke - Emergence EP
This is going to be a new thing I do from now on. Spotify has this section for me called "Album Picks" which is a personalized picks of EPs and albums they think I would like. Whether it actually nails my taste or not, I figured it’d be fun to give each recommendation a fair shot and share my thoughts.
Today’s pick was Blanke’s "Emergence" EP, released under the Monstercat label. The ... read more
The newest EP from Blanke just feels like another collection of generic, overblown melodic dubstep. I will say though, the songs on this project are very well produced and there were moments where I was growing along to the song. But apart from a few highlights, the songs on this project don't do much for me, they just sound like they're trying to super emotional and impactful, but end up being quite shallow imo. All in all, a pretty meh EP.
| 1 | Heaven 4:12 | 93 |
| 2 | Alphane 4:28 | 85 |
| 3 | Data 3:09 with AUDIA | 87 |
| 4 | Turmoil 3:32 with Au5 | 90 |
| 5 | Heavy Heart 3:25 with Grant feat. your friend polly | 93 |
| 6 | Crashing Hard 3:37 with Casey Cook | 63 |