- The kind of post-Dilla beat constructions that mark the new four-track EP by Dmitri Grimm—Swiss beat maker Dimlite—have equal parts glitch and prog at their center. One is concatenated by design, information flicking by so fast it registers primarily as sensation, while the other is defined by scope and ambition, but they're key to the taffy-like sensation a lot of the current L.A. beat scene stuff has going for it. And even if he's not in California personally, Grimm is now signed to L.A. beat-head stronghold Stones Throw's Now-Again sub-label.
All of that gives Dimlite license to be wide open, and he responds in kind. Glitchy, spacy keyboards dominate the first minute of "Kitty Cradle Fog," only for a cockeyed beat and squinching synth riff like a parody of a racetrack trumpet call to march out, more Deerhoof than Dilla. Still, the track recovers as it threads through a number of other touches—percussive glitches, flared vocal samples, the title phrase repeated through some kind of talk box to the fade-out.
The moods aren't always so cutesy, thankfully. "Gone-O-Tron" is a lovely near-lullaby whose halting motion is reminiscent of The Necks. "Metal Snake Rider" evokes its own title with weirdly chirpy guitars and high-pitched synthesizers, while guest drummer Richard Eigner keeps it jazz-rock in tone. "Loins," meanwhile, veers in the same direction from a different angle, thanks to a big male-harmony hummed chord over loops of spiraling guitar and thick drums.
Lista de sequência de músicas A1 Gone-O-Tron
A2 Kitty Cradle Fog
B1 Loins
B2 Metal Snake Rider