It would be far too dismissive to simply refer to “The Bomb!” as that great house track with the killer beats. In the mid to late 90’s, New York City’s club scene was shaped by euro establishments like Au Bar. My crew would go not just once a week, sometimes twice or three times a week. Some of the guys were strictly in it for the girls. But there was no denying the power that this music had on us. The Bucketheads bring me back to a time when a bold studio project showed us what happens when you combine house, disco, freestyle and Latin street music. It stirs your body and soul.
Toro y Moi has always surprised me with what he’s able to accomplish with a synthesizer, extracting sounds and arrangements I’ve never heard before. “Rose Quartz” is maybe one of the best examples of his experimental side. It explores. It grooves. The synth orchestration washes over you in one instance and delicately brushes past you in another. It’s one of those tracks that defies genre labeling because there’s simply nothing like it.
