Dave Huismans (A Made Up Sound, 2562) prod. warm & moving leftfield house / beat collages & excursions. Second of the initial two volumes in a new 12" series.

Second of the initial two volumes in a new 12" series. the opener's midtempo percussion & chimes take their time settling into their groove in a playful back & forth, before pulling back halfway through and letting the light in for a heartstring-tugging finale. A2 chirps, blips, stretches and hisses like a living organism, while the loving embrace of the A3 marks a warm and delicate 11-minute narrative.

The visual concept for the ex_libris series comes courtesy of Bernie van Vlijmen, who translated the round and fluid character of the music into a palette of muted natural colors and stamped shapes emerging through a designed process balancing chance and intent, inspired by nature’s unpredictable rhythms and hydrostatics in particular: guided by its own quiet logic, no two outcomes alike, like waves crashing. Organic and alive, as if they surfaced on their own.