On the title track from his debut EP, Holy Strays sounds like he's channeling five different songs at once. In a good way.
23-year-old producer and remixer Sebastien Forrester makes the kind of multi-layered, gauzy experimental dance music that sounds like at least five different songs wrestling each other for attention. Currently living in Paris but raised in Texas and the Caribbean, Forrester's varied musical education is reflected in the shifting tones of his music. Last month Dummy premiered Serenade, the first track to emerge from his forthcoming debut EP Chasm. Built around undulating percussion, fluttering harp and almost ecclesiastical-sounding organ, it delicately traverses the border between beautiful and unsettling. For the EP's title track – premiered here – Forrester leads the listener further into the darker creases of his creativity, constantly looping what sound like distorted Gregorian chants around an itchy mass of gurgling electronics that fidget continuously. Once again, there are undercurrents of church organ which are left unadorned by the song's fifth minute, giving the whole thing an eerie sense of grandeur.
Chasm is out on 14 October on 12'"vinyl and download via Demand Vinyl.
by Michael Cragg via Music: Electronic music | theguardian.com
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