- Earth Motivation is the first release on a new Opal Tapes sub-label called Beatrice & Annie. Its maker, Jon Pritchard, is formerly known as the beats producer Young Montana?. As such, this is an EP from familiar, if obscured, faces. It contains recognizable elements, but they're served with a twist. Take "FUGUE," which mostly does what it says on the tin by serving up fugue in a classical, albeit digital, style, only to finish with a detuned Supersaw à la Lorenzo Senni. The effect returns in "IS AS US," eventually merging with baroque melodic arpeggios with ghostly results.
"GO▒D FI▒▒RE" and "TIRED EARTH" have the structure of a woozy beats track with a low bitrate vaporwave makeup. "GO▒D FI▒▒RE" has a Young Montana?-esque see-saw swing while "TIRED EARTH" has the klak-klak heartbeat of 2-step and mangled vocals. Parts of Earth Motivation might be familiar, but it induces a sense of wonder tinged with confusion, a sure sign that you're experiencing something new.
Tracklist01. FUGUE
02. FIND ME IN THE AFTERLIFE
03. GO▒D FI▒▒RE
04. GOLD FIGURE
05. IS AS US
06. TIRED EARTH
07. PLURA FORCE