Various - Dille

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  • The female voice is central to Dille, the first release from Malmö-Frankfurt label Stoscha. On this wide-ranging collection of tracks, vocals are synthesised (Geocities), sampled (rip ME), robotised (Swan Meat) and sweetly sonorous (Quiltland). The most comforting examples bookend the record, starting with the burbling "Many Worlds" from Geocities and ending on the soaring, crystalline high of Quitland's "Love." Swan Meat's "Intention Tremor" is Dille's most jarring moment. A damaged jumble of shards and pummelling beats, Swan Meat adds spoken word to rebellious internet-glitch compositions. rip ME and HAJ300 are members of Drömfakulteten, a Stockholm-based studio collective of women and non-cis male artists. rip ME repurposes R&B, synching up snatches of chorus or dialogue to ambient and techno jams. On "skip_hop.emo" we hear the plaintive cries of Björk over quasi-tribal rhythms and discombobulated trap breaks. HAJ300's galloping "lat mig" is a propulsive piece of gabber techno. Where tracks ran themselves ragged on the artist's debut SWEDISH TRIBAL EP, "lat mig" is a battle between restraint and letting go, mimicked in the track's ebb and flow. Bass music's bare bones rattle through the cavernous, empty halls of "ontto" by Finish artist chhrlie, while Berlin-based Wilted Woman delivers the compilation's standout club track, "O-B-S." It's skulking machine techno, all gnarled and insidious and utterly irresistible in the dance.
  • Tracklist
      01. Geocities - Many Worlds 02. rip ME - skip_hop.emo 03. HAJ300 - lat mig 04. chhrlie - ontto 05. Swan Meat - Intention Tremor 06. Wilted Woman - O-B-S 07. Quiltland - Love
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