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Shlohmo’s Vacation EP

This short three song EP from Shlohmo–LA’s maestro of muddied, mellow beats–finds the classically trained, maximally blunted producer trading in the live-session feel and soul-rending howls of his debut album, Bad Vibes, for something with a little more bounce to the ounce.

Vacation is a short but sweet slice of the young beatsmith’s gray matter, three songs under 15 minutes in which you can hear innovation and talent coalesce into a vibrant palette of sound that Shlohmo, born Henry Laufer, would use to paint the damn sky if they’d let him.

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Shlohmo’s “wen uuu”

Drip, shiver, moan, thump, trickle, pop, shake (repeat).  It’s nearly impossible to translate the magic on Shlohmo’s latest track “wen uuu” into coherent words.  The very title seems like his best attempt of doing just that.  But no amount of onomatopoeia can capture the vividness of the lush sampled layers, the airy synth work, the wide looping melody, or the hypnosis of that skittering percussion.  The track isn’t a complete departure from the sound palette of last year’s Bad Vibes, but it’s definitely not anchored in the same gloom from that record.  The tempo’s turned up, the samples are sultry, and the vibe is decidedly good.  “wen uuu” is one of three tracks off of his Vacation EP which is set to be released next month on Friends of Friends.  Enjoy the late night burner below.

Shlohmo- wen uuu