{"id":42636,"date":"2019-03-04T00:35:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T08:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=42636"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:23:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T07:23:11","slug":"dj-plead-debuts-new-ep-pleats-plead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=42636","title":{"rendered":"DJ Plead Debuts New EP \u2018Pleats Plead\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361.png\" alt=\"5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42638\" srcset=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361.png 1199w, http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361-144x144.png 144w, http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5f6170e0-3d88-410c-ab3f-976bc2f18361-900x900.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Burgeoning club label <a href=\"https:\/\/nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com\/\">Nervous Horizon<\/a> kick start their 2019 with the release of DJ Plead\u2019s debut EP for the label, \u2018Pleats Plead\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Comprised of six, hard-hitting, hi-impact club tracks, \u2018Pleats Plead\u2019 taps into the Nervous Horizon DNA fully and feels like a natural extension of TSVI\u2019s critically-acclaimed debut album, \u2018Inner Worlds\u2019, released back in November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Melbourne, Plead\u2019s Lebanese heritage inspires much of his output, resulting in steely, powerful drum work-outs often spiked with the rhythms and timbres of Lebanese pop and traditional Lebanese wedding music. Blending these with a hybrid mix of contemporary RnB, hard-drum and other more breakout dance styles, Plead\u2019s music is instantly recognizable and, as evidenced by his storming debut EP \u2018Get In Circle\u2019, DJ Plead is now regarded as one of club music\u2019s unique new talents.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018Pleat\u2019s Plead\u2019, he pushes his sound further than ever before too, stripping individual elements back to deliver a record bursting with boisterous, industrial energy. Under the guidance of label heads TSVI and Wallwork, he embeds his signature palette \u2013 Lebanese flutes, Mijwiz, vocal samples, and subtle padwork \u2013 within a ruff-and-tuff drum-track framework, keeping things breathless from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to \u2018Pleats Plead\u2019 in full below. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"75%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/719294430&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burgeoning club label Nervous Horizon kick start their 2019 with the release of DJ Plead\u2019s debut EP for the label, \u2018Pleats Plead\u2019. 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