Rotation 3: Lucid Rhythms

Hailing from Leicester, UK, 23 year old Jonathan Ace has been producing dub-tinged beats as Lucid Rhythms for a few years now and his sound is refined with every new release. His style is always layered with effects, atmospheric ambiance, live instrumentation and a sense of restraint that often goes missing in electronic productions these days.

Lucid Rhythms doesn't use a computer packed with VST plugins or fancy gear to achieve his sound, opting instead for playing and recording instruments, found objects, samples and anything else he can get his hands on. While his style has been trending more towards "dubstep" these days, I use that term pretty hesitantly because this isn't your typical big room bass wobbles and overproduced stock drums. What comes through most in his style of dubstep is the reggae roots, utilizing dub delay, sub basses, steel drums, skanking guitars, junky pianos and lo-fi electronics reminiscent of old school dancehall riddims.

Check out a few of Lucid Rhythms' tracks below if you aren't already familiar with his music and get ready for what sounds like an interesting month of content from this talented young artist.

Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse (Lucid Rhythms Remix) by Lucid Rhythms

Lucid Rhythms - My Dubplates by Lucid Rhythms

James Blake - Limit To Your Love (Lucid Rhythms Remix) by Lucid Rhythms