1788-L – Summary
- Genre: Electronic (Industrial?? / Subground?? / Bass Music??)
- Location: Rumored to be from Texas, USA
- ~7.3k likes on Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/1788l/
- ~6.6k followers on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1788_l/?hl=en
- ~23.6k followers on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/1788-l
Introduction
Welcome back to the newest edition of our On The Radar Artist of the Month! For the new readers, this series focuses on producers with high quality sound and track development that we feel are under-recognized and should be garnering more attention than they currently are. This month’s edition has an artist with a cult following, yet their social statistics do not accurately express the quality of work that they have been releasing.
In the fifth installation of the series, we will take a look into a mystery producer, rumored to be the new alias or side project for a somewhat known Texas producer. While there are people who claim to know who the artist is, we are choosing to keep with the artist’s desire for anonymity and instead want to focus on their art for weird, futuristic, and hypnotic electronic music.
1788-L has only nine tracks on their Soundcloud at this time, but eight of those have over 150 thousand plays, an impressive feat in itself. Adding on to their reputation, the artist also has releases with Rezz and Illenium, and just recently debuted as a live DJ, and has since played a handful of shows across the country. It is easy to say that 1788-L has skyrocketed in an absolutely unprecedented fashion.
Music Production – Collabs & Originals
Perhaps the biggest collaboration that they have been a part of to date, 1788-L joined up with Illenium, Said the Sky, and Kerli to create the beautiful track “Sound of Where’d U Go”. The VIP edit, posted directly on Illenium’s Soundcloud, has racked up an impressive 576k plays in the two short months since posting. This collaboration is a true blend of each artist on the label, with Illenium and Said the Sky bringing their signature melodic bass styles to the introduction, Kerli blessing the whole track with her gorgeous voice, and 1788-L absolutely dominating both drops. If one did not know that this was a remix of Illenium’s track, this would easily pass for a high quality original from a multitude of well known artists. The fact that 1788-L was able to express his unique sound on such a large bill shows that they have the talent to become a big name.
Released in June, 1788-L’s most recent original track “Cyberspace” is a futuristic adventure that lives up to the title. The track starts off with deep distorted noises until it develops into almost a chilling rendition of a grand organ. After a robotic voice repeats the title and various ominous lyrics, it suddenly turns into a dark and groovy reinvention of complextro-esque styles. 1788-L then brings the track back to a slight variation of the intro, before diving into essentially industrial riddim. While seemingly simple, the second half of the song is something to be heard on high quality speakers that really show off the range of the bass they can produce. “Cyberspace” is easily one of their more experimental tracks, but it’s ability to hold the attention of the listener while maintaining simplicity expresses their skill as a producer.
The most recent post on 1788-L’s Soundcloud is “H E X”, a collaboration with Rezz, a bass music producer with a quickly growing fan-base and repertoire. Rezz’s penchant for growling bass is a perfect pair with 1788-L’s signature sound. Starting with a simple yet stylistic synth line, “H E X” grows as more complex sounds are added to the introduction, until developing entirely into drum and bass. The production duo spares no one at the drop, hitting the audience with deep bass and glitchy rhythms. It is both funky and grimy, but is truly only a warm up until the second round. “H E X” returns to its original synth line, but quickly bounces straight back into drum and bass for the entirety of the build, a beautiful way to transition energy into the much harder and heavier second drop. Lowering the bass by almost an octave easily translates to aggressive and menacing energy that maintains all the way until the track ends, leaving the listener in a quick, yet appropriate manner.
Conclusion
1788-L has shown that they have the production know-how to work along big names in the bass music scene, and their work has been played by a number of other artists at their respective live shows. While his release count is low at this point in time, the fact alone that they have put out nine popular and high quality tracks in only half a year is impressive enough. We would love to know who the artist is, however the anonymity behind the profile also allows the artist to create a mysterious persona that fits entirely with their taste in music. We look forward to what other insane productions 1788-L will put out this year, and hope that they continue to receive the attention we truly believe they deserve.
Music: Hard Dance | Drum and Bass | Future Bass
Hobbies: Cosplay | Travel | Music Festivals | Sewing | Dancing | Contact Staff
Likes: Fried Chicken | Samurai | Video Games | Sleep
Dislikes: Beans | Bugs | Traffic | Complacency
