Description
Following up to a pair of choice transmissions on Aussie operated imprint Vulcan Venti, Perth-based rising talent Hame DJ turns up on KOC with a debut four-track platter oozing pure elegiac acid vibes and transient, sci-fi-infused ambient, seamlessly hedge-hopping from UK bass to liquid jungle, through gauzy atmospheric techno and bastardized shades of Rephlex-style electronica.
Fresh as a cucumber, opener ?On 1? ushers its listener in a world of keys-loaded, faux-organic layers and rippling ?90s motifs. Threading its way betwixt garage, dub and piano house, the track brushes an equally vivid and dynamic tableau of shape-shifting floor-ready electronics. Starting off as a further mischievous affair, A2 ?Zoot? sounds like the outback cousin to Paul Woolford?s seminal steely burner ?Erotic Discourse? but soon evolves into a top-shelf breaky chugger that shall jam alien radars as much as it should have everyone on the dancefloor down on their knees in a jiffy.
Breaking the B-side in, slo-mo drifter ?Nightlife? turns the tempo down to ?after-party sunrise? mode. Implementing a lushly arranged battery of swampy 303 arpeggios, soft-spoken piano stabs and vaporous vocals, this one?s custom-cut for daydreaming with a bunch of friends by the Gold Coast?s idyllic seaside. Topping off that otherworldly journey is ?Erosion? ? a FX-laden, hip-hop drums-strewn slab making the rounds between sepulchral, Kraut-dunked broken beat a la Tolouse Low Trax and post-Drexciyan synth wizardry. Proper mind-expanding stuff from a producer on the cusp of real big tings.
Sleeve with the lettering 'Kalahari Oyster Cult' embossed on the front.
![JUST IN: Hame DJ - On 1 [Kalahari Oyster Cult]](media/video-thumbnail/102864-maxresdefault.webp)
