Examine - Major Minor mp3 album

This album took me by suprise! not knowing about the artist or label. I picked this up out of curiosity after browsing here on Discogs! After a couple of spins, I truly have been pleasantly surprised with the quality and production this album holds. Using the concept of dubby techno-house, with Examine's own style of catchy melodies beats and synth loops, create an absorbing listen by borrowing and fusing genres while still maintaining its own sound identity. Arrangements across most tracks retain mainly a deep minimal rhythmic sound, yet still manage a head-nodding groove, with also the occasional dip in almost ambient. A few tracks are also interestingly inter-connected as synth melodies, rhythms, and dub elements sometimes re-emerge in later tracks on the album creating a feeling of continuation across the music even though tracks are and do not mix into each other. There are parts and elements on the album that remind me of Theroem's style of bouncy dubby tech-house, or the micro-dubtech from Geoff Whites excellent 'Question & Comments', and at times the minimal bass-dub sounds from mysterious artist Marow with its quality '+-0' LP...Throughout the album the music progresses well with a good balance of pace and progression - which for most part is a mid to downtempo approach with a couple of tracks that do lean towards a more upbeat dub-tech house sound; adding a little extra funk to its beats. Both upbeat (not dance) and downtempo groove away with neither genre is over or underused, this maintaining the albums flow and keeping the music focused and connected throughout. A release that would certainly appeal to those who enjoy dubby rhythms and those who enjoy deep-techno/house, or a fusion of both. Either way! it will certainly please listeners on both sides of the spectrum, and I for sure am certainly glad to have got hold of this :)