- Over six years and several EPs for 2nd Drop, Djrum has pretty much kept his signature sound intact. His 2011 debut for the label, Mountains, stood out for several reasons, but what left the biggest impression was its scope. The two titular tracks felt especially grandiose, achieved through softness and nuance. His album might have fallen short of expectations two years later, but you could argue that it was a format that didn't play to his strengths. He's at his best when entertaining multiple musical narratives in one swooning frame.
Lush and lovely as ever, Forgetting proffers the sort of hybrids that Djrum has forged his reputation on. It carries his cinematic hallmarks, too—cinematic in a Horsepower Productions sense, rooted in film samples and soundtrack sentiment. And therein lies the EP's problem: it's all too familiar, borderline formulaic. A track like "Induction" sounds as if Djrum has barely inched forward from the 2010 post-dubstep/drum & bass grey area that artists like Indigo and Synkro used to own. The rest of Forgetting, pretty as it is, falls victim to its own etherealness. It's a fleeting record that wafts in and out without leaving a trace.
TracklistA1 Forgetting
A2 Projection
B1 Induction
B2 Forgetting Coda