There are producers, and then there are producers that do not know what convention sounds like. They are unbound, unbothered, almost, by the ‘right’ way to do things— and for the record, I stand in the latter court; there’s no denying that vidpoet joins me here on their latest album, “Trashbag Poncho”— keep reading for my thoughts!
As I may have alluded to earlier, there is no figment of tradition that vidpoet adheres to here when craeting their experimental, highly unconventional sound; right from the way the tracks are named, seemingly making no coherent words, to the sound design; it’s something, but boy is it quite something. The first track on “Trashbag Poncho”, “Gm”, breaks stereotypes with the play in the bass and the inclusion of really out-there stringed instruments laid below a fun, groovy synth vibe. The drums are delightfully retro electro, and overall, this forms as solid a foundation as one may expect, given the experimental nature of the album.
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Artsy, is the word I’d use, if I may, to describe the second track, “Gud”— pianos and buzzy, warm synths make this one up, with the deliberately MIDI-fied pianos (seriously, not even the maker of the piano could play those ascending and descending runs); and as we journey through the track, the synths keep us company amid a swing-laden drum track that keeps us moving from side to side.
The madness continues on tracks like “Left-Handed Sky”, with its sweet FL Autogun-esque synth coupled with the deep, punchy kick, and on “Take”, with its rock percussion laid with clangy glass-like instruments that somehow still come together quire effortlessly. As we bring “Trashbag Poncho” to a close with “Wine Oh”, we’re met with this laid-back, backbeat drum pattern laid amidst swimming synths that wrap the vibe up for this album in a way so as to leave it stuck in your head for ages after.
The production in this album is the easy, runaway highlight, with the kind of sound design that would make a traditionalist quake in their boots, and huff in anger that it actually works? Work, it does; with the solid theme remaining centrally experimental, and “Trashbag Poncho” wears that particular badge quite proudly. Bring this together with the kind of mixes that account for all this madness, and you have a quota of attention to detail given to the sound that is, otherwise, plainly unachievable.
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