Following a slew of records for Bliss Point, People of Earth and Coloring Lessons, Lisbon-based producer Malik Hendricks materializes on Eglo with 'Heavy', a tight and effortlessly funky fusion of sultry NYC speed garage, haunted Chicago house and sloshy dub techno. RIYL Gemini, James Bangura, MoMa Ready.
There's plenty going on here. 'Neon Cage' boots us off, but it's the wonkiest track on the EP, a jerky, club-fwd zig-zag of percussive syncopations, oscillator sizzles and saturated bass plucks that'd sound right at home on Night Slugs. Then 'Journey with Me' slithers towards the wormhole, playing squashed beatbox loops against Deepchord stabs, and 'Heavy' takes us back to New York City, where Hendricks grew up, with its skippy snares and steamy vocal.
Our pick's '2 BE', a slow and keenly dissonant synth led Chicago groover that's nostalgic but not throwback. Hendricks brings contemporary weight to the twitchy stabs and strangled vocal chops, spicing his mix with pacy bass modulations and thick, expertly engineered kicks.
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Following a slew of records for Bliss Point, People of Earth and Coloring Lessons, Lisbon-based producer Malik Hendricks materializes on Eglo with 'Heavy', a tight and effortlessly funky fusion of sultry NYC speed garage, haunted Chicago house and sloshy dub techno. RIYL Gemini, James Bangura, MoMa Ready.
There's plenty going on here. 'Neon Cage' boots us off, but it's the wonkiest track on the EP, a jerky, club-fwd zig-zag of percussive syncopations, oscillator sizzles and saturated bass plucks that'd sound right at home on Night Slugs. Then 'Journey with Me' slithers towards the wormhole, playing squashed beatbox loops against Deepchord stabs, and 'Heavy' takes us back to New York City, where Hendricks grew up, with its skippy snares and steamy vocal.
Our pick's '2 BE', a slow and keenly dissonant synth led Chicago groover that's nostalgic but not throwback. Hendricks brings contemporary weight to the twitchy stabs and strangled vocal chops, spicing his mix with pacy bass modulations and thick, expertly engineered kicks.
Following a slew of records for Bliss Point, People of Earth and Coloring Lessons, Lisbon-based producer Malik Hendricks materializes on Eglo with 'Heavy', a tight and effortlessly funky fusion of sultry NYC speed garage, haunted Chicago house and sloshy dub techno. RIYL Gemini, James Bangura, MoMa Ready.
There's plenty going on here. 'Neon Cage' boots us off, but it's the wonkiest track on the EP, a jerky, club-fwd zig-zag of percussive syncopations, oscillator sizzles and saturated bass plucks that'd sound right at home on Night Slugs. Then 'Journey with Me' slithers towards the wormhole, playing squashed beatbox loops against Deepchord stabs, and 'Heavy' takes us back to New York City, where Hendricks grew up, with its skippy snares and steamy vocal.
Our pick's '2 BE', a slow and keenly dissonant synth led Chicago groover that's nostalgic but not throwback. Hendricks brings contemporary weight to the twitchy stabs and strangled vocal chops, spicing his mix with pacy bass modulations and thick, expertly engineered kicks.
Following a slew of records for Bliss Point, People of Earth and Coloring Lessons, Lisbon-based producer Malik Hendricks materializes on Eglo with 'Heavy', a tight and effortlessly funky fusion of sultry NYC speed garage, haunted Chicago house and sloshy dub techno. RIYL Gemini, James Bangura, MoMa Ready.
There's plenty going on here. 'Neon Cage' boots us off, but it's the wonkiest track on the EP, a jerky, club-fwd zig-zag of percussive syncopations, oscillator sizzles and saturated bass plucks that'd sound right at home on Night Slugs. Then 'Journey with Me' slithers towards the wormhole, playing squashed beatbox loops against Deepchord stabs, and 'Heavy' takes us back to New York City, where Hendricks grew up, with its skippy snares and steamy vocal.
Our pick's '2 BE', a slow and keenly dissonant synth led Chicago groover that's nostalgic but not throwback. Hendricks brings contemporary weight to the twitchy stabs and strangled vocal chops, spicing his mix with pacy bass modulations and thick, expertly engineered kicks.