DDDJMX

DDDJMX is the recent ambitious project of friends Dirk Da Davo (aka DDD from The Neon Judgement, Neon Electronics,...) and Jean-Marie Aerts (aka JMX from TC Matic and producer for Luc Van Acker, Urban Dance Squad and many more). After the release of the promising 2019 EP 'Attack Dogs Achieve' and singles 'Pray for rain' and 'All Is Said' earlier this year, they are now back with their first full length album Oceaned. After a first glance it's clear the album has all the ingredients one could expect from this brain collision. DDD's typical mechanic drum programming, pulsating riffs and mantric vocals can be heard in tracks like 'We're Slipping and Sliding', 'Go Ahead' and 'Bring it on' while JMX guitars and bass grooves and production work makes them whole. Also the typical western feel that one also could find on the later The Neon Judgement albums is seeping through once in a while. Don't expect to find an 2020 version of The Neon Judgment club hits like 'Fashion Party' or 'TV Treated' on this album, but ten mature songs and an album from two masterminds that could warp some of us back to the age of for instance 'Blood and Thunder'.

Hamis HIREK
09/04/2020