Oscar L, a veteran of Beyer’s Drumcode imprint with Again EP (2023), and of Truesoul including solo EP Vulture (2022) and a collaboration with Dosem in the Aircargo EP earlier this year, now brings his revered Techno/Tech-House chops to this collaboration with Californian Max Styler, a Beyer stable up-and-comer, whose ‘Main Stage/Indie Dance’ blend of House with dark Euro vibes has soared in the last two years on Experts Only Records and Diynamic. ‘Addiction/Yapper’ is out now on Adam Beyer’s imprint Truesoul, listen here.
Of course, each track has a personality and a message to carry:
‘Addiction’: straight in with spoken vocal mantra/manifesto – ‘We’ve got an addiction…to rave life’ over a driving beat, rattling drums, dark basslines of teeth-tingling, juddering notes rich in reverb, echo and hoover FX, while in the long central breakdown, synth chords build like approaching sirens heralding the mighty drop. Compelling and compulsive dance fuel.
‘Yapper’: the fast, powerhouse beat, ominously growling bass and stabby melody of deep reverb paired with high keening synth are joined by a pitch-shifted distorted vocal staccato babble which is strangely hooky, bringing a more alien, other-worldly feel.
