Pleasurefields’ mix of acoustic instrumentation, electronic lushness and really accomplished vocals combine into a sublime cocktail.
Tag: Downtempo
Defrag :: Float (Hymen)
This is music for detailed home listening, but also would be a joy to take in at a live show in a small club or larger festival stage. We miss you Maschinenfest!
Jeremie Mathes :: Silap Inua (Detroit Underground)
Taking us through uncharted worlds where sound design, fractured glitch, and nostalgic soundtrack moments reside.
Promising/Youngster :: AE03 EP (Adepta Editions)
Overall, a dynamic and diverse couplet that hits the sweet spot for contemporary abstract electronica with a nostalgic path.
4T Thieves & Pandacetamol :: Away Space (Kahvi Collective)
Buzzing synths evaporate as broken beats flood the senses; it’s a mesmerizing and hypnotizing collection of ambient electronic flutter for the next plateau.
SMPL SMPL :: Mistika EP (Specimen)
Rhythmic sound design, modular acrobatics, and bass-heavy, SMPL SMPL takes fractured industrial tropes and intermixes them with rugged downtempo electro.
Qebo & William Fields :: αlive (3OP)
Downtempo IDM escapades are αlive and well, taking us further and further into this decade.
Laconic Impression :: Epidemy (Acre)
Downtempo glitch-funk hip-hop and illbient breaks all rolled up into one massive smorgasbord.