If you’re the sort of beat head who hangs out at Low End Theory regularly—or wishes you lived in LA so you could—then Elusive’s arrival on Alpha Pup (this week’s Blue Blanc LP) will be welcome indeed. Sample savvy without losing sight of the hooks at hand, it’s what happens when elements of jazz, funk and hip-hop get whacked by a washing machine and left out in the sun to dry.
Our exclusive album excerpt plays over the end credits, setting a steady blast of bit-crushed synths against a lonesome vocal loop. “Serene” indeed…
