filewile - nassau massage (mouthwatering) the album 'nassau massage' by filewile, a laptop duo of daniel jakob and andreas ryser, with it's dub infused sound offers a very delightful enjoyment and is a real refreshment, among the other releases that are connected to the (post)idm or other rhythmic electronic music scenes and styles. 'nassau massage' is not that much inspired or influenced by idm, although there are elements of that sensibility in it, but still, the music of filewile on this album is close to many of the general styles that are characteristic, typical and common in the electronic music. in filewile's music there's house, then there's breakbeat, rap and hip-hop and a general electronic sensibility. that general electronic sense in this case is not idm, as it is, for example, in the music of proem, esem, kettel, boards of canada or other acts whose music is build on a main so called idm ground. the main electronic ground for filewile is the dub sound, on which they attach the other before mentioned styles, without any prejudices and with a great sense for joining all the styles alltogether. so is this a dub record? no, it isn't. even when filewile are great at making house or breakbeat to sound very tasty like dub music! what's important is that filewile are doing great at mixing many suitable and appropriate styles in their music and the styles are excellently corresponding between each other and fitting into each other. so the basic grounds for filewile are dub and reggae, but they make them sound fresh, modern and fun, like not so many of the modern electronic producers, who stick into only one style or genre. maybe the mixture of all the previously mentioned styles, which is present in filewile's music, makes it sound very refreshing, but it is not only about the idea of mixing different genres, it's how someone's doing it and filewile are doing this with great care, mixing many various carefully chosen and well fitting styles in their great music. with it's sensibility, this music is closer to machinedrum (who, as filewile, uses the idm style only as an ornament in his music that is mostly based on the instrumental hip-hop sound) than to the other more directly idm oriented artists, that were mentioned before. (br)