Various Artists Well-Suited for General Purpose Audio Work
This latest compilation from Miami’s Schematic features all the usual suspects-label-heads Phoenecia, boy genius Richard […]
This latest compilation from Miami’s Schematic features all the usual suspects-label-heads Phoenecia, boy genius Richard Devine, resident madman Otto von Schirach and relative upstart Dino Felipe-plus one semi-newcomer along for the ride’schemic’s Kiyo. As you would expect from such a line-up, the two records are littered with hopped-up beats that skitter, pop, twist, bend and pile on top of each other with reckless abandon. But it’s not the manic beats and frantic sample-overload of, say, a prankster such as Otto von Schirach that makes this record pop-indeed Schirach’s schtick serves only as a minor, if enjoyable, diversion. Rather, the more refined (though hardly sweet or cloying) laptop concr