SoDown is a Denver-based producer whose distinctive sound toes the road between the natural and the digital; the music is each exhilarating and meditative all of sudden. And whereas every of his releases stands by itself as an precise murals, the one staple is that all of them push the boundaries of what’s potential with trendy dance music.
And his newest LP, World Past, continues the streak of fantastic, genre-bending releases he has constructed his profession.
“That’s what Worlds Past is all about… It’s a reminder that our mortality is exactly what makes our lives so particular, that there’s magnificence within the fleeting nature of the whole lot if we’re keen to embrace it.”- SoDown
That sense of catharsis is clear in Worlds Past, which opens with a mesmerizing instrumental introduction that includes a spoken phrase passage from the late author Alan Watts, who reminds us that life isn’t about finishing a purpose or reaching a vacation spot, however moderately discovering the enjoyment and sweetness alongside the way in which.
The explosive “Take It Again” does simply that, celebrating SoDown’s development and evolution by merging old-school funk and new-school glitch hop into an immersive, multi-sensory wonderland.
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The bittersweet “All Go Fallacious” (which options vocals from frequent collaborator Bailey Flores) searches for solace within the chaos because it lets go of remorse. In distinction, the blistering “Gasoline Down” (which options bass wizard Ahee and Ghanaian-American rapper Born I) cuts unfastened with utter abandon.
The hovering “Operating Out” reaches for the liberty and launch that comes with letting go of our day by day struggles in favor of a bigger-picture view of life (and dying).
From right here, the momentum is just getting began because the sonic palette of the LP continues to develop in variety.
Finally, the will to stay within the second drives Worlds Past at each flip, from the reggae dubstep banger “Makin’ Dem” to the Latin-tinged “Dinero,” from the dreamy EDM anthem “Phantom” to the hip-hop/digital R&B hybrid “Deep Finish.”
The songs are celebrations of our shared humanity, of the unbelievable undeniable fact that any of us even exist. Our time here’s a temporary blip within the better scheme of the universe, and what comes subsequent stays a thriller far past our comprehension. So settle for what you may’t see and embrace your different senses.
There is no such thing as a future, no previous, solely now. Let the current wash over you. Momento mori, momento vivere.
