*** This post first appeared in TSMM's January 5th newsletter, where you can get all the music tips first ***
This debut LP from Mystery Tiime appeared in my Bandcamp feed recently courtesy of some trusted taste makers that I follow and on a cursory listen sounded good. On further investigation I was pleasantly surprised to find out it’s the new vocal project of Ayman Rostom, aka The Maghreban whose global dance music jot joining exploits I’ve been enjoying and shouting about for a while.
The LP also sounds great, not just good. Off the top of my head I can’t think of any dance music producers who’ve been brave enough to start putting pen to paper, let alone vocalising their deepest thoughts, and if there are then I doubt they did it to such good effect. Thankfully he didn’t take singing lessons and go all Chris Rea, preferring not to sugarcoat his deadpan, almost Terry Hall vocal style, which is actually just perfect for delivering these largely depressive tales.
Needless to say the production is spot on with hints of his dance music deviance littering the low lit 80s and post punk nodding instrumentals. Life’s not all enviable social media stories and I’m here for Mystery Tiime’s sonic realism and real talk.
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