The leap from Bad Vibes to Dark Red will no doubt alienate some fans, but those that have been listening through Laufer's full career will understand the need for the still young artist to move forward in a way that matters to him and that differentiates from just another beatmaker.
Dark Red finds Laufer moving away from the hazy sound of his 2014 R&B collaborative EP No More with Jeremih in favour of something harder hitting, incorporating the clattering percussion of artists like Andy Stott and the Haxan Cloak with the glitch and wonky sounds of mid-career Flying Lotus.
Henry Laufer makes a brazen return with Dark Red in a bold turn of reinvention. Channeled especially well is the drone and metal influence that peeks through the veneer in gauzy, frenetic loops of deteriorating synth riffs.
Some songs, at first glance, fade into the furrowed brow of Laufer's anguish, but a pervasive atmosphere ably compensates for any loss of immediacy.
It's a big, black, moody mess that penetrates and proficiently probes the listener.
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на бОльшей части тейпа не покидает ощущение излишней квадратности, дефолтных синтов и неодушевленности хз
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One of my favorite albums ever, maybe even my favorite one. Perfect production choices complimented by good mixing and dark vibes of the piece. Also - it's just an instrumental album, but it definitely seems like it's telling you a story, making you feel all kinds of emotions and I feel like emotions are what makes music beautiful in general.
Favorite song: "Apathy"
1 | Ten Days of Falling 4:46 | |
2 | Meet Ur Maker 5:23 | |
3 | Buried 6:55 | |
4 | Emerged From Smoke 4:43 | |
5 | Slow Descent 6:20 | |
6 | Apathy 5:25 feat. D33J | |
7 | Relentless 5:14 | |
8 | Ditch 4:41 | |
9 | Remains 3:28 | |
10 | Fading 6:08 | |
11 | Beams 5:23 |