- Those interviews where artists recount their influences often end up being an exercise in one-upmanship. But a recent piece with Stimming was revealing. He talked about sidechain compression and squarewaves, while showing a love for sound design and music with complex beat structures. He's a man who takes his vocation seriously.
Ever since "Kleine Nachtmusik" in 2008, the Hamburg producer has favored mood, texture and space over 4/4 bangers—so it was only a matter of time before DJ Koze called. That's not to say "China Tree," the first of two tracks featuring the cutey-pie voice of Piper Davis, is some freeform jam. Instead it's a complex mesh of percussion where melody, in the shape of glacial, mournful keys, makes only the briefest of visits. It eventually disintegrates in a melee of feedback and unholy discord.
That same melancholia also hangs above "Southern Sun" and its digital-only "Dub" mix, but its textures are soft to the touch, led by fluttering piano phrases and jumpy synth squiggles. While too many labels indulge in a pile 'em high approach, every release on Pampa continues to feel like an event in its own right.
Lista de sequência de músicasA1 China Tree feat. Piper Davis
B1 Southern Sun feat. Piper Davis