Released: 22/09/23
And speaking of teenage favourites, the UK electronic producer Loraine James's third Hyperdub album, the astounding Gentle Confrontation, is an arresting mix of watery ambience and the polyrhythmical (encompassing bravura programmed beats, and live-in-the-room John Stanier-esque drums), its virtuosic scope inspired by the math rock and emo-electronic bands she listened to in her youth, such as Dntel, Lusine and Telefon Tel Aviv. That Gentle Confrontationis simultaneously James's most experimental, most pop, most cohesive, most technically breathtaking, and most gloriously out there LP yet says everything you need to know about this enigmatic and extraordinary talented artist.
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