Intriguant : Your Love
Intriguant
Your Love
The heart and soul of Intriguant’s work lies between the interplay between atmosphere and space – and for him, those precious spaces have long been the musty underground dancefloors, with their hearts beating in soulful 4/4. Following his outstanding sophomore work Kindred, which dedicated itself as a love letter to the underground club scene, Your Love continues his explorations - in linking spiritual sonic sensibilities with a dancefloor-driven affinity.
That focus is apparent from the first few seconds. A kinetic breakbeat opens the track, with its shuffling hats and kicks driving the track forward with a propulsive energy. Atmospheric pads and pulsating bass set up a hauntingly chopped vocal sample - emerging and becoming the anchor of the song. It acts as a lingering shadow casting over his beatwork’s architecture. Like a remnant spirit, it takes on different forms as the beats mutate, returning as the drops reappear.
At certain junctures, the beats stall and repeat in place, giving highlights to glitching digital synths. On others, they squeeze through filters, obscuring themselves with aural smoke, waiting to reemerge. The beats eventually drop, foreshadowed by squelching bass frequencies, and the track is draped with a layered, haunting ambience, accompanied by cavernous reverb and scattering textures. The result is an evocative effort in garage atmospherics – a nocturnal moodpiece yearning for liminal spaces and dancefloors, waiting to return. Your Love is not just a strong first scene for his third full-length effort, but also further proof as to why he's one of Singapore's most respected producers.
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