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Northern Lights, the debut full-length from Toronto duo Zeds Dead, is a moody journey through atmospherics. Bucking the attention-deficit EDM trend, Northern Lights is a true album experience, with enough peaks and valleys to justify a start-to-finish listen. The pair -- Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan -- peppers some big moments throughout the softly textured haze, effectively utilizing each of the many guest musicians. The rap tracks are the true standouts. Fans of their work with Omar LinX will relish appearances by Styles P and Jadakiss on the aggressively menacing "DNA," Pusha T's jaunty duet with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo on "Too Young," and British rapper Ghetts' full assault of grime-and-bass on "Already Done." Elsewhere, standard festival EDM bangers make their required appearances in the form of collaborations with Diplo and Elliphant ("Blame") and NGHTMRE and GG Magree ("Frontlines"). They're fun, but nothing that hasn't been heard before. Also of note is the crushing drum'n'bass moment -- one of the three tracks credited solely to Zeds Dead -- "Me No Care," which is the sound of the Prodigy bursting through Roni Size. Beneath the booming bass, hypnotic moments like "Lights Out," "This Is Me," "Where Did That Go," and beautifully soulful offerings from Twin Shadow ("Stardust" and "Loneliness") transform Northern Lights into a more nourishing and rewarding listen. Once the propulsive body-movers subside, it's these hazy highlights that warrant further exploration. Buoyed by the strength of the guest artists and those explorative tangents, Northern Lights manages to be an enjoyable, well-intentioned debut album with a handful of worthwhile ideas.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
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Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - George Lewis Jr., ComposerLyricist - Twin Shadow, FeaturedArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Lukasz Gottwald, ComposerLyricist - Tommy Tysper, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Pentz, ComposerLyricist - Diplo, Producer, MainArtist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Elliphant, FeaturedArtist - Ellinor Olovsdotter, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist - Zach Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Alexander Castillo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Atlas, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Terrence Thornton, ComposerLyricist - Rivers Cuomo, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pusha T, FeaturedArtist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Jason Phillips, ComposerLyricist - Jadakiss, FeaturedArtist - Styles P, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - George Lewis Jr., ComposerLyricist - Twin Shadow, FeaturedArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Paul Brandoli, ComposerLyricist - Zeds Dead, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Nghtmre, MainArtist - Tyler Marenyi, Producer, ComposerLyricist - GG Magree, MainArtist - Georgia Magree, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Ghetts, FeaturedArtist - Justin Clarke, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Laura Jane Lowther, ComposerLyricist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Dragonette, FeaturedArtist - Martina Sorbara, ComposerLyricist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Lips, FeaturedArtist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist - Stephanie Brown p/k/a Lips, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Anjulie Persaud, ComposerLyricist - Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Charlotte OC, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist - Charlotte Mary O'Connor, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Zeds Dead, Producer, MainArtist - Zachary Rapp-Rovan, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Mamid, ComposerLyricist - Jenna Pemkowski, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jason Kai Yim Chau, ComposerLyricist - James Daniel McCauley p/k/a Memorecks, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Deadbeats
Albumbeschreibung
Northern Lights, the debut full-length from Toronto duo Zeds Dead, is a moody journey through atmospherics. Bucking the attention-deficit EDM trend, Northern Lights is a true album experience, with enough peaks and valleys to justify a start-to-finish listen. The pair -- Dylan Mamid and Zachary Rapp-Rovan -- peppers some big moments throughout the softly textured haze, effectively utilizing each of the many guest musicians. The rap tracks are the true standouts. Fans of their work with Omar LinX will relish appearances by Styles P and Jadakiss on the aggressively menacing "DNA," Pusha T's jaunty duet with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo on "Too Young," and British rapper Ghetts' full assault of grime-and-bass on "Already Done." Elsewhere, standard festival EDM bangers make their required appearances in the form of collaborations with Diplo and Elliphant ("Blame") and NGHTMRE and GG Magree ("Frontlines"). They're fun, but nothing that hasn't been heard before. Also of note is the crushing drum'n'bass moment -- one of the three tracks credited solely to Zeds Dead -- "Me No Care," which is the sound of the Prodigy bursting through Roni Size. Beneath the booming bass, hypnotic moments like "Lights Out," "This Is Me," "Where Did That Go," and beautifully soulful offerings from Twin Shadow ("Stardust" and "Loneliness") transform Northern Lights into a more nourishing and rewarding listen. Once the propulsive body-movers subside, it's these hazy highlights that warrant further exploration. Buoyed by the strength of the guest artists and those explorative tangents, Northern Lights manages to be an enjoyable, well-intentioned debut album with a handful of worthwhile ideas.
© Neil Z. Yeung /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:29
- Main artists: Zeds Dead
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deadbeats
- Genre: Electronic Dance
© 2016 Deadbeats ℗ 2016 Deadbeats
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