I was introduced to huck.jorris just a few months ago, thanks to his appearance on our monthly column Focus Five, and here I am, obsessing on his latest 40-minute mix. Published as a gift for his fans and listeners to celebrate the 5k followers on SoundCloud, mile high is a collection of dozens of unreleased originals drawn from the Denver producer’s vault. The mix indulges into the softer side of huck.jorris’ musical personality, creating a sonic journey with a deep mystical and transcendental undertone. It’s been a while since I’ve run into such a serene take on bass and downtempo, at least outside the wave bubble.
With the exception of a few vocal-driven moments, huck.jorris lays out a hallucinatory cartography of liminal dubstep, keeping the architectural schemes of the genre while borrowing from ambient and lofi. The result is a mosaic of sub-bass-soaked yet light-handed cuts perfect to listen to while meditating in the early hours of the morning or while admiring the mind-blowing vastness of the cosmos. We have no titles or release dates at the moment, but I could easily see a big portion of this tracklist becoming a full album. Quoting Colin’s Focus Five piece, “I haven’t been as tapped in on the Left Field Bass sound as of late, but stumbling on huck.jorris offered a timely reminder of how good the sound can be when executed at a high level“.
