Austin Wood of Atlantic At Pacific has a new free ep you should check out. It’s a shinier, brighter and more hi-fi sounding evolution of the A@P sound. It bears some resemblance to his Alchemist debut of last year but it’s definitely an evolutionary step.
There are lot’s of cats out there making similar kinds of tracks but what encouraged me to invite Austin to put out something with Alchemist was his very adept sense of what makes for a engaging composition. On this new ep he takes this to the next level by refining his sound/production into a more restrained and architecturally coherent form. Where “Weddings” was a virtual grab bag of styles held together by a common ambient fm synth heart, “Seasons” is much more focused on slow bumping minimal beats and grooves. Gone is the deep tape sound of Weddings but the chill definitely remains, despite the higher fidelity. There is also a more organic feel to these tracks especially the happy child- like bells, clocks and bass tones. In short this is a nice little ride that, given the generous lack of a price tag, is well worth the taking. Clocking in at a little more than 11 minutes, my only complaint is that there is not enough of it. As prolific as Austin is I’m sure he will remedy this soon.
