<em><font size="3">Itâ€™s hard to argue that there has been a bigger year for the growth of dance music in New England than 2013, with an impressive number of producers from the area breaking into the underground. Pop & Lockâ€™s debut Fear EP looks to add his name to that list by teaming up with a star studded roster of local Boston beatsmiths in Choppa Dunks, Colin Domigan, and Mista Marcel. With 'Fear', Pop & Lock crafted a wonky, percussion driven, midtempo trap/twerk/bounce/whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-call-it monster that features intricate and tribal influenced drum line as the trackâ€™s backbone. The track drops into a baroque synth that is prominent throughout the rest of the record, though in progressively more snarling incarnations. Tropical bass virtuoso Mista Marcel puts a fierce moombahton flip on 'Fear' with a track that contains a boisterous amount of energy. For a track thatâ€™s only slightly higher in tempo than the original, Mista Marcel managed to build a tune that is feels exponentially faster paced. The multi-dimensional moombah tune deftly straddles the line between â€“ton and â€“core. This same duality is present in the Choppa Dunks mix, which hops between double and halftime 150 bpm with a clear trapstyle flare. Alternating tight, punching kicks with droning 808s Choppa Dunks effectively utilizes his chameleonic trackâ€™s space and depth. Colin Domigan boldly strays away from his usual sound to produce the most unrecognizable iteration of 'Fear'. He successfully transformâ€™s the â€œFearâ€ vocal sample into a low gritty synth, that he juxtaposes with that familiar Dutch house car alarm. Couple that with powerfully building percussion and you have an excellent four on the floor club banger. </font></em>
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Fear EP

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