Hodge - Shadows in Blue

[fumi]

This is my album of the week. Solid sounds and shit. Honestly, there's something for everyone on this album.

Aspects of Japanese environmental music, melancholy Detroit harmonics and space cadet AI electronica perfuse the album’s 10 tracks, taking in the rising sun optimism of ‘The World Is New Again’, along with plush and supple breakbeat rolige in ‘Sense Inversion’, the Four Tet-like folkdancetronica whim of ‘Shadows In Blue’, and leading up to swingeing, febrile dancefloor hypnotism on ‘Lanes’, with some Pantha Du Prince-esque posh techno rush in ‘Cutie’ balanced by the late ‘90s break trance lift of ‘Ghost Of Akina’.

 

[species8472]

diggin' this for sure!

[kiya]

Yeah, super blown away by this, it's very impressive. 

Saw him live in San Francisco last year and it was unreal, glad to see his full length also delivers.

[splesh]

Listening now and this is great, Hodge rarely disappoints. Will be listening to this a lot this year.