dego: the negative positive
Francisco Espregueira
Hailing from London, dego is a legend that we’ve been covering here often… His visionary musical output has had an immeasurable influence on the UK dance and electronica music scene, spanning the 90s and early 00s. Easily crossing the boundaries of jazz, boogie, soul, broken beat, techno or hip hop, he presents his new album, via his imprint 2000Black. The Negative Positive cements dego’s status as a pioneer, a visionary, as he continues to push boundaries with a sound that his totally his own.
Fusing a variety of genres over its nine tracks, The Negative Positive is another demonstration of dego’s knowledge of the craft. Everything is incredibly well done, as all his musical statements are easily felt by us. Faster or slower, we hear a producer very comfortable in his skin, but always ready to try a different approach or a different sound. The Negative Positive dropped last friday and is available on vinyl. An essential work from an essential artist. This is London’s boogie sound.
“Many adverse perceptions are envisioned when faced with a negative meaning popular opinion often thinks the worse.
The Negative Positive see’s the benefit of defeat, obstacles and a straight NO.
The Negative Positive grows stronger under detrimental circumstances.
The Negative Positive knows to truly live you must have felt pain.”