After a superb debut from UK mainstay J1Mi, Beyonders Music is back with a second fantastic EP from collective member Nøs, one-half of pioneering drum and bass outfit Hidden Agenda.
Jason Goodings AKA Nøs has been making music for 30 years and has released his pioneering sounds as Hidden Agenda alongside his late brother Mark on the likes of Metalheadz, Reinforced and Fabio’s Creative Source. Later, he continued to innovate on Defunked, A-Side’s Eastside and returned to Metalheadz and Reinforced and dropped his ‘Whatever Happened to…’ album on Swiss imprint Straight Ahead. Now part of the collaborative project Beyonders, he continues to distil his vast array of experiences into more beautiful music that breaks free of genre restrain, as was always the idea with Beyonders, which first came about as a concept in the late 90s.
“But life got in the way of a full realisation of that”, says Jason Goodings. “Fast forward to today, and I am so excited to see things taking shape beyond my wildest expectations. The ‘Cantilever’ EP marks a watershed moment for me personally, encapsulating all that I could imagine, undefinable, stepping beyond boldly into the future.”
‘Cantilever’ opens with a lilting halftime rhythm scattered with drum hits and run through with sonorous synths and lush downtempo vocals. It’s an alluring late-night world of intimate sound before ‘The Secret’ stays in jazz lounge territory. This one has shuffling drums and moody trumpet motifs floating above intimate vocal whispers to make for a bluesy mood full of soul. The brilliant ‘Homecrawl’ melts the heart with liquid chords and sustained synths brought to life by cosmic leads and loose drum tumbles. ‘Eden’ completes a blissful EP with busy broken beats and freeform melodies that rise and fall with persuasive, ever more compelling energy and percussive business.
This excellent, impossible-to-define ‘Cantilever’ EP is a new musical high watermark for Nøs in a career full of them.
We are presenting the title track ‘Cantilever’.
‘Cantilever’ EP will be available after the 8th of December HERE.
