Rife with good beats and bounce, Jump Source’s Fold gives listeners plenty of strong dance tracks and some more experimental beats. It’s got a strong techno feel, with a bunch of other dance genres and sounds that add up to a cohesive, satisfying urban-style EDM sound.
The Montreal-based duo composed of Patrick Holland and Priori, have been releasing music under the moniker, Jump Source, for many years now. The duo loves to collaborate, often working on tracks for fellow artists, as well. Fold is their first full-length album, and features plenty of collaborations and features, with eight of eleven tracks having a feature of some kind. It brings a lot of voices into the mix, which really highlights their emphasis on collaboration.
There are lots of strong tracks on the album, but my absolute favourite has to be “Shattered,” which features Helena Deland and Ross Meen. It’s incredibly catchy, and during my listen-through of the album, it stuck out to me immediately. It has a fantastic driving melody and beat that keeps you hooked on the song through the entire listen. If any song will stick with you from this album, I’d almost guarantee it would be “Shattered”. It certainly checked all of my boxes.
“Fold,” sharing its title with the album and featuring CFCF and Helena Deland, is also a very strong track. It also has a catchy hook and bounce, though with less of a driving propulsion than “Shattered”. Nonetheless, it has plenty of feeling and more chill vibes throughout. “Endlessly,” featuring BEA1991, I found to be carried immensely by the second half of the track, though the first half is still plenty good. It has a good dancefloor feel and a phenomenal groove. All of the features are excellent as well, providing vocals for the track that compliment the music.
Another song worth listening to is “Empty Bars,” featuring billy woods. While it may not be my favourite track off the album, it has an especially unique feel. Based on cadence, the song feels closer to poetry accompanying the music, rather than rap. It’s a different feel from the rest of the songs, and a standout track in comparison to the rest of the album.
Fold as a whole has many good tracks, and none are particularly overstimulating, making for a simple and clean listening experience that makes the music pretty easy to pick up for the average listener. That accessibility is a strong point of the album, which means I would safely recommend it to anyone, though having a disposition for liking techno and club music would make it much more enjoyable. A very strong album overall, with songs that will get stuck in your head. Absolutely give it a listen.
Listen to Fold here.