{"product_id":"k-wata-give-u-space-short11","title":"Give U Space","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeep, deep stuff on the debut album from K Wata. Long and dubwise, dark and detailed. With bass that fills and warms a space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll noir. Cast shadows against the wall. Weight being shifted and distributed with singularly delicate poise, like a knife being balanced on the end of a finger. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere’s a silvery, loose flow state to this record that maybe reveals the way some tracks were first written to be deployed live at Sustain Release 2025. Then taken back to the lab and tightened up further into the album’s final form, with beautiful mixing work between Kenzo and Chris Botta. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith that in mind, Give U Space unfolds slowly and fluidly, giving the listener the chance to access and open up to the deepness of the sound, being led down a path. It rolls and builds momentum and groove, and ratchets tensions up toward peaks of energy \"Whisper Dub\" and \"There Will Be Love\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tunes feel architectural. Rooms to be in and settle into. Simultaneously stripped back and then etched with neat little details and characterful or atmospheric sound choices. The silhouette of slo mo Memphis and Houston trap is a leading influence, especially with the drums. Mixing with bits of click’n’cut sampling and psychoacoustic tricks, the penumbra of dub techno and drowsier dubstep, and SG’s soft vocals rising in the ether. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe presence and inspiration of the sound system is obvious in all of Kenzo’s work, the music can rattle when spun up louder or blended into the club. But K Wata’s uniqueness and signature comes from an often equally inward facing quality, touched by distance and longing and a sort of chiaroscuro incandescent light set up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten and produced by K Wata. \u003cbr\u003eMixed by K Wata and Christopher Botta at Fer Sound Studio. \u003cbr\u003eVocals on “Give You Space” and “Go” by SG. \u003cbr\u003eClarinet on “Radio Embrace” by Eugene Lai. \u003cbr\u003eMastered and cut by Mike Grinser at Manmade. \u003cbr\u003eArt by S. Gong\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Short Span","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57092011327861,"sku":"Short11","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0267\/6952\/2736\/files\/kwata-short11.jpg?v=1776846432","url":"https:\/\/rubadub.co.uk\/products\/k-wata-give-u-space-short11","provider":"Rubadub","version":"1.0","type":"link"}