Air Max '97 goes iconoclastic on HPE, his first EP length
release for his own label DECISIONS.
The title track is a 3M streaked dumb/smart twister,
propelling forward in alarming bursts of barely-sensical
rhythm punctuated by stark silence. It starts half a bar
early or late as per your preference.
Murky heater 'Swelter' follows. Sticky bass beats below
vaults of pungent atmosphere and blistered percussion
before a succession of serrated synths take the track to
speedy, paranoid place.
'Thrall' pummels, kick drum and sub hurtling through a
pre-individual cloud of chewed and splintered chatter. The
track decays as it deepens, constantly inferring and
deferring intensity. You will emerge exfoliated, glistening.
EP closer 'Inside Outside' sounds like something writhing
around in a flooded basement.
Use safely but not sensibly to derange the dancefloor.
Support thus far from Sydney to Seoul to London to Berlin
from the likes of Objekt, M.E.S.H., Dro Carey and
Plastician.
Mastered by Sam John at Precise.
Available digitally on Friday 17 June 2016. An official
music video for 'Swelter' will go live on the day of release.
Air Max '97 is a Melbourne based producer and DJ. He
will be on tour in Asia and Europe from late June to early
August to support the release of HPE. Since 2015 he has
run DECISIONS, a record label delivering music to move
people.