- For such a singular and eccentric artist, DJ Sotofett has always worked well with others—consider the raft of collaborators on his first LP, the live band on this year's Twotinos, or the countless producers he's teamed up with over the years on Sex Tags Mania and its various offshoots. Lately, his most common coproducer has been Laura Sparrow, the Vancouver artist better known as LNS. Following an EP on Freakout Cult (the label run by Jayda G and Sotofett's brother, Fett Burger), Sparrow teamed up with the Sex Tags founder last year for a twinkling ambient cut called "Soft Peak Mix." They've made a habit of it since then, knocking out three more EPs released as a series on Wania, culminating in December with Blot.
Blot presents one track in three versions, all of which, according to the record's credits, show the two artists working together but with distinct roles: Sotofett on drum programming, Sparrow on keys. This is easy to hear in the music. Thudding away at north of 130 BPM, the blunt drums echo Sotofett's memorably titled Philip Sherburne, Your Word Should Be Worth More Than The Ignorance Of Pitchfork, while "Blot (Extended Mix)" and the ambient "Fuge Mix" have the richly cosmic chords and melodies that seem to be LNS's calling card—the mournful synths, falling slowly like flares in the distance, are this record's single best detail. If those two are about atmosphere, the "Techno Mix" is all impact, adding a thick bassline and the occasional drum fill to Sotofett's airless drum arrangement. It's a fierce and effective club cut, but the synths on the B-side, as somber as they are sci-fi, are what bring this record to life.
TracklistA1 Blot (Extended Mix)
B1 Blot (Techno Mix)
B2 Blot (Fuge Mix)