"Deconstructed club", or "post-club" - they're umbrella terms from the always hip music magazines like Resident Advisor or Fact to describe any sort of new dance music which is hard to put into a certain genre. Old-timers jokingly refer to the sound of post-club "it's just breaks", although the sound has very often a certain edge of pretentiousness and IDM leaning side, which can be off-putting sometimes. Identified by aggressive, frantic, post-industrial sound design featuring metallic or staccato sounds such as samples of glass smashing, gunshots, random vocal shouts, rave stabs etc, deconstructed club aims for an excessive, apocalyptic-sounding soundscape, with constant rhythmic switch-ups and atonality. It's a sound which allows its creators to experiment in a lot of unorthodox ways. Trancey mid-90s synth riffs, 150 to 200BPM gabber beats, grime claps, jittery footwork, momentary atmospheric breathers, pop mashups - everything goes. Because of the nervousness of the sound, it definitely isn't for everyone and requires a certain degree of open mindedness. There's a microscene of post-club music rising in Estonia, with artists like White Gloss, Bible Club, Köster, Myspace01, the mysterious hardcore techno projects Boys Mit Uns and Hetero Holocaust. Their DIY leisuring casualness in making music and organizing events is very welcoming. White Gloss recently debuted his debut EP on Estonian underground label Internet Cafe, collaborating with handcraft-cassette manufacturer Trash Can Dance, who made a limited run of tapes. I think it's fitting to call it one of the prime examples of current status of domestic post-club sounds.
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