Lektrique has some worried with his sudden move from Belgium to Los Angeles where he has been skating the streets, deck in hand, finding inspiration in one of the most iconic cities in the United States. From his wanderings, he has found not just a muse but the ingredients for his most recently conjured EP Black Magic – unsurprising for a member of the Kannibalen label and host of their Kannibalen Radio episodes.
The title track ‘Black Magic’ is a collaboration with Sam Lamar, an artist from Montreal who is totally worth a quick scope if you are into having your face melted by bass. Lamar and Lektrique have found themselves in quite a dark little corner on the track ‘Black Magic’. There is plenty of Lektrique’s rhythmic theatrics that ramp up to the a destructive break-beat drop. This track is more in line with the type of Lektrique we heard on BTSM’s last album, in the track ‘DEATH’- except it has a cool, SoCal-skater edge and playfully dark, horror film voice clips. There is lots of tension, blood-magic mixing really, as the they press twangy, American south-western guitar sounds, against daring operatic vocals, smeared all over a killer-banger foundation.
The second track, ‘Virus’, has that punky, post-apocalyptic vibes we love to feed on from Kannibalen records. There is so much happening in this sound; Lektrique seems to vibrate through each section of ‘Virus’ just like a pathogen ripples through populations. It’s frenetic meandering stays steady with the striking synths, but continuously builds, creating a magic that ebbs and flows through the snares and bass. There is so much energy in ‘Virus’ it will be sure to get you feverishly hyped and ready to dance under the full moon with what may be your rave fam, or your ritual coven, its really whatever the occasion calls for.
Check it out below.
