Ever off-kilter, Slugabed’s sense of humour masks an ability to uncover raw but wildly unpredictable new talent.
The producer’s Activia Benz imprint acts as a hub for such producers, with new signing Toby Gale making ears glisten round these parts with his latest slo-mo, fluoro-enhanced synth jammer.
New cut ‘Air Bones’ – billed as their “most twinkly lovely” release yet – has a gorgeous, near 16-Bit sense of nostalgia. Alongside this, though, there’s a sci-fi futurism, a sense of the hyper-real to recall Night Slugs.
All slumped rhythms and choked samples, ‘Air Bones’ continually billows outwards before collapsing under its own glitter-enhanced weight. Slugabed perhaps sums the track up best: “[The EP] has a dreamy feel. It’s a bit like when you ride the horse around at night time on Ocarina of Time and there’s no one around and you feel very blissful.”
Check out ‘Air Bones’ below.
(via FACT)
Buy Clash Magazine
Get Clash on your mobile, for free: iPhone / Android
