Dextro

Eclectic samples n soundscapes from Scotland

Having dropped his debut album ‘Consequence Music’ with its Neu-meets-Air stylings on independent big smoke label Gronland Records late last year, he follows things up this month with a four tracker EP of his original ‘Hearts And Minds’ composition compounded by three diverse but successful remixes.

Dextro produces highly textured and complex pieces with a sound that swells with the synthetic and organic, something that can make for disorientating listening if you aren’t focused on where you are or should be. Referencing bands such as the Cocteau Twins, Joy Division and perhaps more discernibly My Bloody Valentine, Dextro’s leanings are counter-pointed by his own new and randomly “found sounds” of field recorded samples: “Many of the found sounds I record are designed to give character to a song, and yes many are recorded accidentally. It’s true that you often stumble upon special things when you don’t know exactly what you are doing, and it’s important to keep looking for that experimentation.”