Now that I'm done writing annoying Instagram posts* full of cheap philosphy and childish observations to hide the fact that they're just mediocre photographs I can get back to what really matters, writing annoying blog posts full of cheap analysis and childish observations.
I've recently started a new playlist set and decided to do a little recap once I'm done with them. The folder is called MATERIALS and each list will have its own fabric assigned (a little wordplay with a massive techno club in Madrid - Fabrik). Each material will represent a certain type of electronic music. Kind of like word association but with clothes and beats. If you don't agree with what the material sounds like, tough, that's literally what it sounds like and I won't consider changing my mind.
So, here is the first one. Leather.
This goes without saying but I'm going to say it anyway: No shuffling or skipping, there's a reason why they're lined up in the way they are.
Leather is a hot fabric, in every sense. You're going to be sweating your arse off the second you move in it and that is what this music feels like to me. Leather can also be quite stinky. This in my head translates into music that sounds a little dirty.
Therefore, with this in mind I decided to kick it off slow and what I wanted listeners to feel was: Where are we going? Just so I can grab them by the ear and run towards the fantastic subgenre that mixes reggaeton music and repetitive harsh electronic beat. This is the new spawn of techno**. The ultimate club genre.
The CHIBI remix is the start of that little tramline. Esty can make the sweetest sounds that remind me a little to Billie Eilish only with more sass. She is the real latin urban ROSALÍA (I love her but she's from Barcelona, I don't care how much time she spends in Miami). Esty has that same softness to her voice but can kick you in the gut with a plotwist mid song that will floor you. I particularly like i 4got ur birthday. For the remix what they did was double that sass expresso.
I tried to build on that same mood and reached a peak with Traaa by CRRDR. I listened to most of the stuff by the artist and it really is the heart of this subgenre. I decided to give it my all and turn up the heat with this slayer. It's fast, sexy and if you have the skill, twerkeable. I'm gonna ask for it the next time I go out and if I don't get my way I'll boicot the DJs night.
Moving on from reggaeton but still keeping it a little nasty I added y u look so hawt by Bad Boombox and MC Young Lil. Self explanatory. Hawwwt. But I'll explain. It's quick, it's fun and the lyrics are always trying to seduce you with large pupils that gawk at you over a pair of grey 2002 plastic sunglasses. There is a call for sleeveless black t-shirts, long white socks and visible G-strings. Similar artists are MCR-T and Brutalismus 3000.
One of my favourite tracks of the list is actually a little breather. Love's No Crime by Tino Troster is frankly excellent. Perfect for toning it down but still upbeat enough to make you stomp on that beat while the vocals tickle your neck. It could seem quite linear but it really is a joy to get through.
After a few excellent tracks that serve also as a transition to a harsher electronic sound we arrive to a well known name in this subgenre of nasty techno. Partiboi69 as a must for this list and HOE has the perfet energy that fits in another little climb in speed and volume. The DJ is probably one of the first that I got to know that sounded dirty. It is less seductive than prior tracks but has a badder energy. I feel in general, lyrics go very well with this kind of vibe and not many songs without them would fit the list. The vocals on this are the prefect contrast between a deep voice and a statement normally reserved for women. That beautiful duality you find in this nasty genre. Where genders mix and sexuality oozes in the music but it's all surrounded by a harsh beat that doesn't offer a single lull.
The peak in volume and speed comes after that with Give Me Base by Noimage. I wasn't ready for these bpms and suddenly my little electronic session turned into a criminal aerobics class. But that's what it is. Nevertheless, for some reason it still feels dirty in the fun sense of the word. It's totally "leathery" and skintight. It's a good 5 minutes of skintight heat. But easy, you can calm down after this and breathe.
Post almost throwing up a lung comes a few acid sounds here and there (still respecting the mood though). I love that sound beyond what I am capable of explaining. I cannot distinguish good from bad when it comes to those acid loops. Is it good or is it just really addictive? I am not going to lie I really needed to feel comfort after Noimage so I went to familiar sounds and slower bpms. The worst is behind us, sadly.
I finish off with DJ in Berlin by 3LNA and P.vanillaboy which is still sexy but at the same time adorable in some form. It's what you want from goodbyes, to leave you with a good taste in your mouth and the affirmation that you had a good time. It's also meant to leave you wondering how the hell you clean sweaty leather.
More materials up shortly.
*I said I was done writing them, not posting them. Sorry. There's like six more to go.
**Techno is like the Greek god Zeus. Gazillion babies everywhere.
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