Sister Zo
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#45
Feat. Staff Picks in Bass / Club
A Break From The Psychic Torment
A Break From The Psychic Torment encapsulates a lot about our collaborative, and somewhat contradictory, approach to making dance music together - its wonky sound design meets joyous hooks and grooves. Basically, we take the fun seriously, because creating art designed for cathartic release in such challenging times requires commitment to joy. Both Ooh Sorbet and Prego are designed for dark rooms and late nights, but began life in the bucolic woods behind Zos then-home in upstate New York, with us both rooting through the undergrowth and recording the sounds of stick hitting rock, or twig thwacking bottle, all of which became the percussive building blocks behind the tracks. Again, this was definitely a fun process - but more importantly, it gave these tracks a unique sonic identity. Sorbet works around an almost Todd Edwards style cut-up of a vocal, while Prego builds to a breakdown made from another field recording, this time from a park in Beijing. Panda Beef and Lets Giggle were both languishing on Zos hard drive, clearly sick ideas but just not quite gelling into cohesive tracks. Between marathon bouts of Alone and essential trips to the bakery in Woodstock for almond croissants, we reworked and fashioned them into something much closer to finished products. Mexican vocalist Sirius Soundz sent over some raw vocals, which we chopped up over the slightly Dembow-feeling beat of Panda; an extra layer of Dance Mania-style bleeps brought out the cheeky wink lurking above the bassline of Giggle; and a final session back in Bingas studio in Bristol locked everything in place. Distributed by Label Engine - www.label-engine.com
