Getting Frenetic With Conduit's Debut Duality EP

With over 14 years of music production hanging off of his toolbelt, Sam Rivkin has taken the patient path to musical maturation, gradually stirring his ingredients at the right pace and temperature to guarantee hearty results through his Conduit project. Rivkin is certainly no stranger to sound, having been a multi-instrumentalist for much of his life, and has been concurrently performing through his collaborative duo project Betafuse for over a decade. Up until now, Conduit releases have been somewhat scattered, making appearances on compilations and through remix tracks for contemporary artists. The payoff for this patience is release of his debut Duality EP through the veteran Colony Productions label, an apt home for such a granular set of tracks.

If there was a single word to best describe Duality, it’s “staccato”; the syncopation of percussion and bass synthesis is the driving motif of the EP, taking center stage across every track. Tracks like “Confined by the Demiurge”, and “As Above, So Below” are driving in their compositions, they build pressure in short bursts akin to a turbocharger. The constant frenetic energy serves as a clear bedrock for the whole collection of tracks, and it all dovetails to its conclusion with “Dynamis”, showing off the marriage of intensity, melody, and sound design in the way contemporary bass music best showcases. From start to finish, with a high polished sheen, Duality easily earns its place amongst many of its likely influences in the Colony Productions catalog.

While this might mark the first official Conduit release, its far from the first time the name has been on our radar. While keeping the recorded productions close to the vest, Rivkin has been performing under the Conduit moniker all along the way, showcasing his material in its prime context. Testing first and unveiling later has clearly paid off, and we’re confident that Duality is far from the last studio productions we’ll hear from Rivkin’s array of projects.

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