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ADR 'Throat' (PAN)
The music of New York producer Aaron David Ross, aka ADR, is an exercise in balance. Highs and lows play off of each other with an intentional smoothness that’s rare in electronic music; each movement and every pause is deliberate, which makes sense when you consider the artist’s background in classical composition and interest in contemporary art and technology practices. ‘Throat’ is his second release on PAN (a follow-up to 2015’s impressive multimedia endeavour ‘Deceptionista’) and, uniquely, is entirely made up of vocal sounds. It’s an approach that produces warped reconstructions of pop and r’n’b stylings that are simultaneously gritty and glossy. Highlights include ‘King David’, a late-night reflection with choral tones and keening melodies, and ‘No Sweat’, which takes on DJ Mustard-esque basslines and contains a pop-influenced breakdown. ‘Throat’ is heady, thick and sensory: of the body, for the body. To listen is to get swallowed up.
8/10
