The enigmatic pop producer sees his music as a thrill ride – but as a live experience, his beat barrage could do with a few balancing plateaus
Four years ago, in an interview with the New York art magazine Bomb, the producer and DJ known as Sophie likened his ideal pop experience to a three-minute high-thrill ride on a rollercoaster “where it spins you upside down, dips you in water, flashes strobe lights at you, takes you on a slow incline to the peak, and then drops you vertically down a smokey tunnel, then stops with a jerk, and your hair is all messed up, and some people feel sick, and others are laughing – then you buy a keyring.”
This is a pretty good description of what it feels like to listen to Sophie’s music for the first time. A year or so after that interview, the British producer, whose real name is Samuel Long (but about whom little else is known apart from his association with London-based label PC Music), started releasing singles that were as discombobulating and exhilarating as the loopiest theme-park ride. One track, Bipp, dispensed with a drumbeat in favour of an elasticated squelching noise with a helium vocal on top. Another, Lemonade, was constructed almost entirely around the sound of synthetic bubbles rising to the top of a monstrous fizzy drink. The cutesiness made some people feel sick, but a lot of others laughed when they heard it and bought the keyring.
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