Belgian producer VAAGUE (aka famend jazzman Antoine Pierre) continues his fascinating digital evolution with “SHORTCUT,” an EP that drops November twenty eighth and pushes exhausting into UK Storage, Drum & Bass, and Submit-Dubstep territories. After his well-received full-length “Oktopus Mekaniks” established him in underground membership circuits, this new launch refines his distinctive method – sampling his personal acoustic drum equipment, sequencing it digitally, and primarily making a “shortcut between the pc and himself.”
The lead single “Shortcut Jenny” completely demonstrates this hybrid POV. Constructed round hunting-horn samples (courtesy of a buddy’s father’s obscure report) and VAAGUE’s personal voice, the monitor advanced from a cheerful accident – a digital synth preset that by accident dropped pitch turned the large bass drop that anchors the UK Storage groove. Jennifer Lawrence interview snippets present texture with out imposing that means, letting listeners create their very own narrative. It’s the type of progressive manufacturing method you’d count on from somebody who spent years mastering jazz earlier than diving into digital music from scratch.
What makes VAAGUE’s trajectory compelling is how fully he’s dedicated to this digital persona. Beginning with downtempo experiments on his 2021 self-titled EP, collaborating with Le Motel on 2022’s dancefloor-focused “From the Ashes,” and now totally embracing quicker tempos and stay playability on “SHORTCUT,” he’s methodically constructing a novel sonic id. His background as a jazz bandleader informs every thing – the complicated choreography of his stay stick performances, the compositional sophistication underlying even his most club-ready tracks. “SHORTCUT” proves the detour by jazz was really probably the most direct path to someplace genuinely authentic.
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