Echo Worship by Hannah Account

The first release from Midnight Ecstasy is the debut LP of label co-founder Hannah Account. Best-known as a jungle producer, Echo Worship reveals her productions to be as wide-ranging as her propulsive, variegated DJ sets — a nexus point between genres and decades.

The record traverses a dance music gauntlet, delving into house, techno, jungle, autonomic, and dubstep, all handled with Hannah Account’s distinct light touch and sedulous track construction. She anchors this eclecticism in a restricted palette of familiar sounds; sampled organ and piano chords, 303 basslines, 808 and 909 drum machines, and booming sub bass predominate, each track saturated in the reverberations of the album’s title. Far from an exercise in nostalgia, the LP is a considered statement on the flexibility latent in these genre hallmarks, as well as the continued importance of Dub music and the techniques that undergird it.

As its name suggests, the release also acts as a heartfelt expression of gratitude and appreciation. Worship. Here is a work suffused with an intimate awareness of its context and indebtedness to the traditions it draws from.

From the speaker-shaking “Come Burn” to the ebbing and tidal “Dub You Later,” that eponymous rhythmic delay wraps across barlines like lichen on rocks — a nine-track through line that bridges the gaps between dance floors and DJ booths throughout time.

A confident proclamation from one of New York’s most exciting producers, Echo Worship serves as an excellent introduction to Hannah Account’s work and sets the stage for a compelling new label.

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