Title: The First Dose
Producer: Dosline
Genre: House
Record Label: Soul Candi Records
Dosline is an entirely unexpected producer. It’s always refreshing to hear a new talent this way, with unbiased ears. Let me say from the outset that The Furst Dose is exactly like a placebo, it works if you want it to.
The opening track is unimpressive, but as soon Telephone Tone ft BK gets into the chorus, the mind and ears start negotiating. “Listen”, says the mind to the ears,” I don’t need to tell you there’s something slightly off about these vocals, but the arrangement is so good, i’m willing to ignore that, alright? “Fair enough guv” reply the ears.
DJ DOSLINE – FIRST DOSE IS ADDICTIVE P.17 by Dosline
As great as BK is on this track, there’s a persistent sense that her voice is ever so slightly out of sync with with the instrumentals. The next three tracks are the same, high production value marred by vocals that are off pitch or just poorly recorded. Beautiful ft BK and Ngifunana Nawe ft Nonto manage to stand out by dint of the quality of the vocals, with beautiful synth and vox elements layering both tracks, with some especially haunting piano solo’s on the latter.
The overall effect is an album that could have been a very solid first outing by a clearly talented producer, instead, it comes off almost amateurish because of the poor quality of vocals on the majority of the tracks.
REVIEW: Nathan Kabingesi
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