It’s the juxtaposition of these two releases, their hazy electronic effects and attention to subtle details that are simple and effective. An adventure in and of itself, both titles would be a welcomed addition to any electronic music fans’ catalog as they ooze with wistful melodies and synthesized fragments from another era.
Ossa finds a snug place to rest his (wistful) tunes
Ossa (aka Indianapolis-based Kaiton Slusher) offers two extended players for Schematic Music Company, Violent Wig Store Robbery—released in the middle of September 2020—and the latest Suki Swims in early October.
Having cut his teeth in late 2007/2008 traveling abroad and spending weeks at a time recording and playing gigs with White Label Records (Marc Hunter and Ann Shenton—formerly of the band Add N to (X) on Mute)—Ossa finds a snug place to rest his tunes. Both releases slip and slide through upbeat electronic excursions, Violent Wig Store Robbery being in-your-face with its sweet IDM allure of yesterday while Suki Swims (named after a Delarosa & Asora / Prefuse73 song) is a beatless outing—its core dipped in ambient synthesizer realms as each piece is short-run but with ample nostalgic flare.
One can’t help but immerse themselves in these bewildering tracks, “Windsor Acid” opens Violent Wig Store Robbery with upbeat rubbery breaks and low-end acid noodling taking us back a few years while “Imbrication” sounds like a lost Clark artifact—its chugging leftfield techno mood is displaced by distant echoes and mechanical flutter. “$$$$…$$$$” is a spellbinding synthesizer closure worth repeating listens. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Suki Swims is blissful, contagious, and simply drifts into the outer margins of microscopic ambient veils. Tracks like “Eroga” and “Bloom” are mind-altering drones that capture just the right amount of light as Boards of Canada fans will revel in the nostalgic synth melodies of “7274,” and “Possible Suki.”
It’s the juxtaposition of these two releases, their hazy electronic effects and attention to subtle details that are simple and effective. An adventure in and of itself, both titles would be a welcomed addition to any electronic music fans’ catalog as they ooze with wistful melodies and synthesized fragments from another era.
Don’t forget to grab Ossa’s collaboration with Fax on the Modder EP (also on Schematic)—three tracks of utter dronescaping brilliance that evolve and devolve into sporadic clicks’n cuts layers of severed electronic shards separated into three distinctive chapters.
Violent Wig Store Robbery and Suki Swims are both available on Schematic Music Company.
Violent Wig Store Robbery Bandcamp | Suki Swims Bandcamp
