Scottish electronic producer Samoyed’s deeply textured and drone-heavy productions have already received support from the likes of Rustie and Hudson Mohawke, and this debut four track 10” EP on Astro:Dynamics offers up the first taste of his sound. Title track ‘Spit’ opens things here with a lazily ebbing wash of treated guitar samples that slowly resolves itself around a sparse, clicking rhythmic pulse while Samoyed’s own multitracked vocal harmonies sway woozily through the mix, while the warmly languid ‘Malamute’ even manages to call to mind hints of Panda Bear’s recent work as ghostly treated vocal harmonies and swirling harmonic tones suddenly collide head-on with clattering broken percussion and moody bass swells. Elsewhere, ‘Maybe Yes’ opens with granular glitchy textures and glassy synth ambience before a fluttering rhythmic pulse reminiscent of a skipping CD takes the listener floating off through a cinematic fog of brooding synth chords distant bleeping data errors, before Lukid’s reworking of the same track throws in some additional fractured hiphop stomp as distantly blaring synths and dubbed-out vocals build against a stripped-down backdrop of rapid-fire programmed beats. Inspired off-centre stuff that intriguingly calls to mind Daedelus’ ramshackle scatter as much as it does a more beatific spin on the sorts of areas Tri-Angle and Disaro have been exploring.
Chris Downton
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