Visage by CHEAHDX
Pure Space presents the debut EP from Naarm-via-Boorloo artist CHEAHDX (Darren Cheah), co-founder of Step Count & Serendipity, and a familiar force across Australia’s underground. Known for his genre-fluid DJ sets, CHEAHDX distills a decade of dancefloor energy into four cuts built for the system.
Opening track ‘Earthbound’ sets the tone with heady momentum, bass-fuelled pressure driving straight into hybrid genre territory, a hefty bass workout to kick things off.
‘Li-Ion’ keeps the pace high, a minimal trance cut sharpened with break-driven percussion and razor-edged sampling. The track levitates, then lets loose, landing squarely on the floor with peak-time energy.
Pulling back the tempo, ‘Monte De Pedra’ drops into subterranean mode, a low-slung bass workout, equal parts wobble and restraint. It’s dance music for lean-back hours, stretching tension through its sub-heavy architecture.
Closing with the title track, ‘Visage’ blends dreamy pads and whirling horns with expertly sculpted subs, a hybrid closer that ties the EP together in a haze of depth and motion.
CHEAHDX’s debut EP on Pure Space marks a producer fully in command of his craft. With roots in bass, breaks, and leftfield electronics (and years clocked on the dancefloor), Visage lands with steeze, weight, and intent.
Tracklist
| 1. | Earthbound | 5:34 |
| 2. | Li-ion | 5:30 |
| 3. | Monte da Pedra | 5:34 |
| 4. | Visage | 6:40 |
Credits
PS023
Written, produced, mixed and arranged: Darren Cheah
Additional mixing: Connor Brown
Mastering: Mark
Artwork: Nick Marriott, @nicholaspjm
Words: Andy Garvey
Format: Digital
Tracks written, produced and mixed by Darren Cheah on Whadjuk & Wurundjeri Land; additional mixing by Connor Brown.
Pure Space also operates on Gadigal Land. Pure Space and CHEAHDX both acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands and pay our respects to their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.
