Though there's nothing clowny about this song, unless of course you go for that clowns-are-horrible kind of thing - which I do, only in part however: because they are weird. If you do go for the clown-is-a-perfect-addition-to-a-horror-film thing, then this song fits that perfectly. Whilst I wouldn't exactly say terrifying, the vibe of this innovative song by Japanese electronic artist emufucka certainly holds within it a clouded swathe of sound positively pregnant with menace and a markedly attitudinal atmosphere.
Indeed, he's labelled the song himself as 'Trap' and, yeah, I'd go with that - all its missing is vocals tuned down several octaves. It definitely has that southern hip-hop swagger that you find in Trap music (please Allah let me stop talking about genres), sounding a little bit like - well actually, especially the intro, very much like - that Jay-Z & Kanye West song, 'Niggas In Paris'.
What characterises this song most, however, is its blend of dirty beats with a videogame-esque style of sound. The synths climax a number of times throughout the song, like some game-music organ wheezing out its scratchy soaring sounds. Yeah so another label of this track is 'Game' and also the description of the song is "PlayStation®" and the image (above) is 16-bit style... all adds up to a definite videogame vibe.
These are future beats, tripping hi-hats, blended styles of music synthesised with an impactive sound in mine - something to please those who listen to videogame music exclusively and those who love the balshy bass of heavy-handed hip-hop; a world of musical ideals catered for in the vision needed for 4 (unlucky - homophone with 'death' in Japan - yet more menace?) minutes of sound. Whew! Is that too deep?
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