SINGLE REVIEW: JAKLIU “ALL CASH, NO LOVE”
The Dublin native producer Jakliu brings attention to the daily verbal abuse and confrontation in the service industry with a luscious, melancholy instrumental track, “All Cash, No Love.”
Setting its scene in a typical, busy workday, rhymical turmoil and textural fluctuation revolves around the reoccurrence of harsh, demanding verbal confrontations.
A steady, fast-paced drum machine taps into noises from the surrounding. The vague, blue soundscape of pads has a raspy edge. Discordance stands out in the smooth, ravishing soundscape. The built-up tension and repressed emotional turmoil underneath the perfect, tender smile each time the shop worker was insulted.
Sutters and glitches, even the calmest would lose its rhythm. After a while, the yelling becomes a norm, blurring into the dizzy, flamboyant, inflaming drones. Then it subsides to the bottom of the water where celestial flute-like passages occasionally glitter through the turbid mixture, leaving no trace.
