Browse by Artist: SOCKS & SANDALS

Artist:	SOCKS & SANDALS
Title:	Shatter EP
Label:	MICROCOSM
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MCOSM 1011EP

"Socks and Sandals return, demonstrating exactly why they fit Microcosm perfectly. Their tracks are filled with nuanced minimal funk, depth of sound, warmth, and a style all their own, aided by quirky, self recorded sound clips. It's quite difficult to put all these pieces together in a DJ friendly EP, but they do it with the class of veterans. 'Shatter' is grounded in a shuffled rhythm, glued together by a vocoded, bleepy hook, cowbells and claps. Rich bass underpins everything and adds to the largeness of this tune, which excels in sound design and original arrangement. 'Lacky the Liger' rolls with a clean, slow build groove, attached with distorted vocal dispersements and flippant sound effects. 'Found in Space' combs through clicky rhythms and analog bass rumbles with ease until reverbed guitar adds an otherworldly element to the track, giving it an airy poise reminiscent of hollowed out tree trunks and ending in a rainstorm, while 'Peerless' rounds out the release with lilting rhythms providing the backdrop for whispered vocal traces and grey matter atmospherics."

Artist:	SOCKS & SANDALS
Title:	Rishi Saturn
Label:	MICROCOSM
Format:	12"
Price:	$10.00
Catalog #:	MCOSM 1020EP

Nicholas Sauser and Clark ov Saturn return with three new tracks. Their new material extends the spirit of their previous work into an expansive universe of minutiae. On "Spaced," shifting rhythms make friends with xylophone, whistling, synth stabs, rumbling bass, and processed speech. "Pura Vida" is a dark bumper with plenty of chugging high-end percussion. A disembodied chorus sways around analog bass that seems to rip through the fabric of the song. Deceptively minimal, the "Lucidril Remix" sounds as if it were recorded at a large party in a cave. Galloping, rhythmic permutations and snare snaps crumble and rebuild as swooping washes and nonsensical utterances coax it along its chosen path.

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