Pattern Perception debuts his 'Spectrum Disorder' LP

Out the gates with a ten-track bomb and no genre loyalty in sight, Pattern Perception has just dropped his debut album Spectrum Disorder and it’s a stunner. Dreamy, dubby, broken and bold, this one’s got the sort of vibe that hits deep on headphones but begs for a dark room and a big system.

Hailing from The Black Country, Dave (aka Pattern Perception) only started producing during lockdown, but don’t let that fool you. With over 20 spins on BBC Introducing and love from BBC Radio 6 Music, he’s been building slow and steady, and now he’s arrived with a proper statement piece.

The sound?

Think dubwise breakbeat, smoky late-night stepper energy, glitchy grooves, and more than a hint of emotional weight. Too Little Too Late and By My Side come loaded with bass and ache. Forget Me Not floats on broken beats and reverb trails.

Out Yer Box · Pattern Perception – One More Hit

And One More Hit? think James Bond Theme tune..

Pure goosebumps. It’s piano-led, vocal-drenched, and builds and builds. Eyes-down anthem incoming.

He even flips Smalltown Boy into Smalltown Girl with singer Starling, an emotional high point that’s already lined up for remix action from Zed Bias and more.

Brave move, but it lands beautifully.

Dave found his way to us through one of our Data Transmission demo feedback sessions, where Jack Said What clocked the potential straight away. From basement beats to label signing in a flash, we love to see it.

We’ve had front-row seats for this one. Pattern Perception was dropping tracks into our weekly demo feedback sessions like clockwork. Over the course of 12 months, we got to hear the whole evolution of this record, track by track, idea by idea. Then came the Christmas stream. Loz Seka and I were deep into our annual tradition of drinking too much and playing our favourite demos of the year when we were joined live by the Jack Said What crew. We introduced Dave to the team on-air, and the rest is history. We truly love him and his music.

The final track, “The One,“ nods to his earliest tunes, rounding things off with a techy bounce and widescreen feel. It’s a journey. Minor chords, underwater pianos, bass that burrows deep, and it’s all there.

This is an album designed for headphones, rooftops, and the 3 a.m. crowd.

Haunted, hypnotic and totally his own thing.

Listen to Pattern Perception’s Spectrum Disorder now on Out Yer Box. Stream it, buy it, rinse it.

Out Yer Box · Pattern Perception – Spectrum Disorder

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Grahame Farmer

Grahame Farmer’s love affair with electronic music goes back to the mid-90s when he first began to venture into the UK’s beloved rave culture, finding himself interlaced with some of the country’s most seminal club spaces. A trip to dance music’s anointed holy ground of Ibiza in 1997 then cemented his sense of purpose and laid the foundations for what was to come over the next few decades of his marriage to the music industry.