![]() “Sloth” and “Bird Strike” are experimental and strange, but sound much closer to hip-hop beats, evidence of Dadras’ fluidity and flexibility. On “Pyrrhic,” a lower BPM, dancehall-like beat is paired with a clipped and compressed vocal sample, as cascading synthesizers roll in like the tide. Electronic bleeps and bloops dissolve into the hum of nature. The natural and the digital come together on tracks like “Labyrinth,” blending 808 cowbells and inscrutable vocal fragments. The brightness of the album’s first half recedes into the foliage as you descend further into it “Jungle Sweat” is a torrent of drones, rumbles, and wails over an almost-military drumline. The percussion is varied, and when Dadras slows down the tempo, his compositions mutate into darker and more haunting territory. ![]() His compositional approach resembles an evolutionary process- on tracks like “Bird Strike” and “Eucalyptus,” he takes the sound of wildlife and organizes it into the rhythms of human life. ![]() ![]() The elusive effects and samples Dadras uses sound like they could be field recordings or purely digital creations: flutes mix with high-pitched chirps, and kick drums blend with the creaking of trees. There’s a clear ecological theme running through the album, from the song titles to its all-encompassing ambience. ![]()
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