23 July 2019

Olibaba - Inside Out

I love the chunky bass riff that propels the entire song forward. As the track progresses the scattering of sounds on top of the bass become darker; it starts with guitar hammer-ons and clean glissando squeaks and ends with sawtooth synths, distorted vocals and white noise swells.

Olibaba - Inside Out is out now on Accurate Black [BUY]

If you'll allow a moment of self-promotion, here is a new track from yours truly. I hid indoors (in DAWs?) on Independence Day and wrote this track instead. I wanted to explore the fine line between generative melodies and deliberate songwriting.

A 16th note randomizer was run for a few minutes through a synth and the output captured, then the phrases I liked the best were edited and the track was written around them.

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As part of a two year retrospective from Russian producer Dim Key, Broken Piano is a playful cut of techno. Stripped back percussion allow room for the wonky pitch oscillated synth to dominate the spectrum.

Also on the album are two more tracks that caught me ear; Black Room. keeps the sparse percussion with a syncopated analog synth pattern and the final track Storm takes the main themes from the previous two tracks and seamlessly blends them.

Dim Key - Broken Piano is out now on DKNWLabel [BUY]