- We first heard Omar Chibbaro's robotic shuffle on 2016's "Vlegadno," a sprawling track released on a compilation EP through SUR. The Uruguayan artist stayed quiet until the last quarter of 2017, when he came through with an EP of trippy electro and minimal on Time Passages before finding a home on Cabaret in late December. Cabaret has put out some of the best minimal of the past few years and Give Me No Dame continues the trend.
The record opens with the ghostly acidic bounce of "Tsygan" and its ribbiting vocal cuts. "Damenongiveme" starts as a minimal drum workout with precisely arranged snares, drum hits and sparse cymbals, but as it builds, delirious synth spirals knock it off its perfect balance, making things wonderfully wonky. The B-side channels a similarly hallucinogenic energy. "Mundo," which features the warped android vocals of Nilufar Zarre, is strange and twinkling, while "Belka" is slow and rhythmic with scratchy drums and a squelchy funk. While there's a contrast between the acidic A-side and the sludgy depths of the B-side, both capture the energy of the more introspective moments in a set. Omar may be a relatively new name but his freaky grooves and knack for drowsy vocals may soon place him among minimal's best.
TracklistA1 Tsygan
A2 Damenongiveme
B1 Mundo feat Nilufar Zarre (Omar Crashed Remix)
B2 Mundo feat. Nilufar
B3 Belka