0comeups - One Deep

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  • London's 0comeups has described his productions as "non music," saying he wants them to sound like a "preset library demo." One Deep, released by New York label Purple Tape Pedigree, is very Oneohtrix Point Never, not only in this philosophy—which looks for the sublime in the trashy—but in its digital sound palette and its turbulent but wistful mood. Several of its tracks launch from familiar places. On "On The Roof Texting," squarewave chords repeatedly smear downwards under a hail of discordant synth matter. "Renew Me" finds a Replica-like beatific calm amongst its jumbled loops of pianos and lapping pads. "Hyperspice"'s occasional electric guitar pileups recall similar taste provocations in Garden Of Delete. These flashes of familiarity come with the feeling that 0comeups doesn't quite have the chops of his idol. The structures aren't so sharp, the ideas less clearly realised. But they still make for pleasant compositions, and on repeat listens you realise 0comeups is trying to go somewhere slightly different with them. This is more apparent on "Go Plug"—a strange, wonky melody played on rattling tuned percussion—and on the gorgeous "Try To Levitate Above It All." The latter is the EP's simplest and best track. It makes a hesitant, heavenly choir out of synthesised voices, getting just the right balance of synthetic weirdness and swooning sentiment.
  • Tracklist
      01. Go Plug 02. Renew Me 03. Try To Levitate Above It All 04. Hyperspice 05. On The Roof Texting
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