Ploy - Sala One Five

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  • Many of Hessle Audio's releases examine an idea through a microscope, revealing something previously unseen in the process. Ploy's lens zooms out and fixes its gaze on polyrhythms, which on Sala One Five he explores in three different ways. The title track is the most hair-raising, with its drums tumbling in a noisy atmosphere of laser bursts, spinning helicopter blades and sudden toxic emissions. "Sala One Five" sounds as if it should come with instructions for the nearest fire exit, but even as it mimics disaster, Ploy always sounds in control. "Move Yourself" unspools with relative ease. Its rhythm is supple: each one-shot is softly struck, the congas in particular, and the shakers are sucked backwards, brushing against the drums as they move in opposite directions. The effect sounds somewhere between the cosiness of Basic Channel and the looseness of Moodymann, but there's tension simmering underneath. Most of this dissipates on "Helix," whose short, lurching loop is orbited by swirls of noise, an overworked tick and gut-punching sub-bass. Having expended so much energy elsewhere, Sala One Five eases up on "Helix." But even as the music winds down, it remains gripping.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Sala One Five B1 Move Yourself B2 Helix
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