DX2OV, Jacob Dwyer, Toupaz – Tonegues on Blank Mind

“Tonegues” shows DX2OV, Jacob Dwyer, Toupaz, DJ Paprika, Demetch in fine form on Blank Mind: 11 tracks of undeniable, floor-ready bass / club. Gathering 4 artists from across the Bass / Club spectrum, Tonegues showcases Blank Mind‘s curatorial range.

Tonegues by DX2OV, Jacob Dwyer, Toupaz, DJ Paprika, Demetch

Behind the Bass / Club : Release Notes

Dx2ov arrives on Blank Mind with Tonegues, his second vinyl LP following on from Interzona on Gost Zvuk in 2024. The LP title is a wordplay on the idea of speaking in tongues and sonic tonalities, echoing the process and dialogue that went into creating the record. Taken from a vast archive of material from 2019-2025, these ideas were arranged with the collaboration of label owner Sam Purcell and then completed with the long-distance assistance of Toupaz. Tonegues is best seen through the lens of a beat-tape, with the playful flow and variety that the format provides, bursting with oddball ideas and punctuated with intangible vocal samples. Much like the LPs beguiling, hand-drawn artwork by Wolfgang Matuschek, it is a glimpse into an inner world, a portal to somewhere uncanny and strange borne through imagination. Light dub flourishes mix with footwork/IDM hybrids and understated, melancholic synthesis on 2018, whilst the loose, rhythmic march of Fon32 evokes the dusty beatdown styles of early 2000s Detroit downtempo records. Whilst on one of the LP highlights Trout he lays down a gleefully strange bed for the surrealist storytelling of Jacob Dwyer about interactions with dogs, dripping old houses and a perennial wish for the phone to ring with a heavy dub poetry slant. Dx2ov swiftly moves through more footwork adjacent, almost bedroom hyper-pop territories with a penchant for gabber kicks on No Strings (feat DJ Paprika) and the maximalism of album closer ‘Demetch’ which continues in the tradition of wonky, mid-2010s UK bass music flips. The outcome is a confounding, unorthodox piece of work, zigzagging between forms, textures and moods.

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Tracks, BPM & Key

1. DX2OV – Bang x10 Original Mix

   Bass / Club | 97 BPM | Bb Major | 1:17

2. DX2OV, Jacob Dwyer, Toupaz – Trout featuring Jacob Dwyer & Toupaz Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 120 BPM | Bb Minor | 3:19

3. DX2OV, DJ Paprika – Inst1 featuring DJ Paprika Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 157 BPM | E Major | 4:19

4. DX2OV – Pora Domoi Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 120 BPM | B Minor | 1:12

5. DX2OV – MediaL Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 119 BPM | D Major | 2:12

6. DX2OV – Tatuha Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 128 BPM | Db Minor | 2:36

7. DX2OV – Riddim Shutter Original Mix

   Bass / Club | 133 BPM | E Minor | 3:24

8. DX2OV – 2018 Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 150 BPM | G Minor | 3:29

9. DX2OV – Fon32 Original Mix

   Ambient / Experimental | 120 BPM | C Minor | 3:28

10. DX2OV – Melody F Original Mix

    Ambient / Experimental | 120 BPM | C Minor | 2:40

11. DX2OV, Demetch – Demetch featuring Demetch Original Mix

    Ambient / Experimental | 126 BPM | Bb Major | 4:05