End Of The Play - WELON

The good: Honestly, I dig this. Underground tearout producer WELON strikes hard with his fittingly titled "End Of The Play" EP, an EP that was meticulously themed after its name. The only real word to describe it is 'sinister' — WELON conjures up a world of pain and horror within just a four-track record, torturously abrasive and disgustingly so — in a good way, of course, however perverse that sounds to you. Because, well, the dubstep is experimental and the impact is impactful, resulting in that kind of reaction that only a really spicy food (or a really spicy album, in this case) can produce. The horror themeing is pretty conspicuous, materializing in metallic synths, mangled vocal samples and disjointed drop sections, and it sounds ever so slightly grainy and all the more menacing for it. A lot of heavy dubstep gets to this point, but there are not many projects I can applaud the creativity of like I can applaud the "End Of The Play" EP, because that's the final factor that tips it over the 'above average' bar — WELON actively seeks out something new, and he finds it in the most grating way possible, so grating that it might even lack musicality in the harsh soundscape of a murderous circus.

The bad: Whilst WELON has done well to convert a bloodcurling concept into a solid execution, much of the production is rough around the edges. Some parts are tropey, and others are a little too hard to digest.