Niko Marks adds Drumbeat Commentary to Transhumanism’s soulful machine lab

Niko Marks’ Drumbeat Commentary appears on 27 June from Transhumanism, and the title could almost be a mission statement for Detroit electronic music: the drums speak, the machines think, the soul argues back. Marks’ Bandcamp page frames the track in the orbit of techno, deep house, electronic soul, high-tech jazz and tech house, all rooted in a Detroit identity that still carries enormous historical weight. Earlier in the week, Transhumanism already suggested a record interested in bodies, technology and the strange future of human feeling. Drumbeat Commentary sharpens that idea down to rhythm itself. A drumbeat can be instruction, history, pulse or critique. Marks has long been good at making electronic structure feel alive rather than clinical, and this track sounds like another entry in that ongoing conversation between tradition and circuit board.

Source: https://nikomarks.bandcamp.com/track/drumbeat-commentary