unbasic – A Mix of Low Fidelity Digital and Cassette Tape Recordings

The affinity some millennial producers have for low fidelity production isn’t immediately intuitive. A possible diagnosis is that this is a generation that came to age with Apple earbuds and low quality mp3s as their formative music source, which like cassettes and vinyl before it, produced certain flaws that would eventually translate into nostalgia. A more immediate explanation could be that, against a backdrop of perfectly produced digital music, the appeal of roughly produced analog tracks becomes inherently refreshing; like eating a tangy sorbet after a heavy dinner or visiting a glory hole on the way home from church. Favoring analog sources like cassettes and limited vinyl releases, Unbasic is a tightly woven mix of abstract soul, gritty hip hop instrumentals, unpolished electro, and a Frank Ocean song from the largely ignored lo-fi album that came out a couple of days before Blonde.

Track List

Young Male - Reveal (Pacific Coast Highway 1 Version)

Strangers in Love (Short Mix)

Gomez & Barokskki - Glitch in the System

NGLY - Strange Expression

45 ACP - Ground to Ground

Stevie Ponder (Akasha System & regularfantasy) - Wingman

Sasac + Dreamcast - Deep Liquid

Moon B - Moments In Skank

Blue Gas - Shadows From Nowhere

Young Male - Muzak

Faun Racket - I Am New York

Pale Blue - Have You Passed Through the Night

Frank Ocean - Higgs

Amelia Airhorn – New York Nightlife

Powell feat. Loke Rahbek – Mad Love

Amelia Airhorn – The New Girl