After a week of
listening to French composer Erik Satie, predecessor of minimalist and repetitive music, I had
the pleasure of continuing my journey of repetitively soothing sounds with that of spring rain and once fellow Chicago dweller, now Brooklyn-based producer, Slava. His recently released EP, Soft Control, appears on the label Software
Slava's music clearly defines its limits and works within them, thus a
positive identity is established and the sounds are released: raw sounds that become molded and softened as do nails after being filed down to an ideal level, retaining their
strength yet offering the smoothness and aesthetic desired.
Simple and repetitive
lyrics such as “I had” and “I’ve got feelings too” are skillfully adapted into
their environment. As the
lyrics repeat themselves so will I, referencing his track from last year, "Florida" as avant-garde juke at its finest which has now
progressed well beyond into the hors-garde.
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