It is music you need to climb inside. It lives in the stuff you can only hear when listening closely on decent speakers or headphones: the woody body of the kick, the bright reverb swirling off a rimshot, the moment of hiss as the vocal re-loops. The rhythms which emerge are Stott through and through, slow and deep and laden with immense momentum, chugging rather than grooving: rhythms not of the dancer, but of the runner. What is really interesting about this album for me, however, is what it means as a declaration of purpose for Andy Stott.
That he is able to do this without sacrificing the peculiar identity of his music can only be an indicator of interesting things to come. Luxury Problems was released in October on Modern Love , and is available on vinyl , cd , and in digital formats from Boomkat. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. On other tracks, Stott sprays the distorted fragments of vocals over deepcore loops of kicks and basses, a gauze dirty ethereal to what may have been the sly sensual popular ballads adored by Kasje and her friends, redolent of our average soaps masking residues of chlorine or the rubber smell of swimcaps.
Overall: Mr. Andrew trades in a type of Deepchord-esque post-Burial hyperbass but with his own tint. Indeed Burial is in these times present — identity revealed and music-making creativity still in full flux, making so that I find myself asking why am I presented with a new deepcore resurgence when Burial produces still? I think perhaps I one-day may indulge again in the nightlife.
For this thought, I say thank you to Mr. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. When looking at the career of Andy Stott there are several ways to analyse his catalogue of music.
To me the jigsaw theory seems most appropriate. Each release prior to now has been a piece of an ever developing puzzle. It feels as though Andy Stott has reached a peak with this release, combining elements from each of his previous records to create a monstrously emotive record. Soulful yet unsettling it immerses the mind. Murky soundscapes and slowed percussion swallows you on each listen.
It is spiritual, more than an album. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account.
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