The London based halftime and future beats duo Ivy Lab have truly solidified their place atop the bass music scene with a massive start to 2019. Having come off a stellar 2018, with the release of their LP Death Don’t Always Taste Good, their collab with Two Fingers ‘Orange’ gave listeners a taste of their grimy side with a nasty sub-heavy beat earlier this month. On their new EP Stars, the duo slows it down to remind us of their true artistic range, taking us on a journey to the stars.
Stars is a project which feels meticulously put together, full of mesmerizing ambient synths and alluring vocal samples. The title track is true to the name as the listener feels as if they have just left earth’s orbit. It grabs your attention with a high-pitched vocal sample, looped to create the melody. Around the 15 second mark, an especially spazy drum pattern takes you on your ride to the stars. In ‘Betty White,’ their collab with Barclay Crenshaw, the duo guides us out the solar system with a funky space soundtrack full of trippy vocal samples and mystifying melodies. ‘When I Go’ takes on a nostalgic nature with the lyrics “When I go” being infinitely looped to truly leave the listener in a trance, accompanied with wavy synths. ‘All Day Swimming’ is the perfect ending to your journey, as the presence of a tribal rhythm is accompanied by spacey percussion elements. Ivy Lab shows us they can truly do it all, so make sure to throw this in your queue.
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