Lorna Dune - Miamisphere

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  • Dance music's growing interest in new-agey sounds has had some pretty fascinating results—think of Steve Moore or Xander Harris for examples of this kind of trance-not-trance. Lorna Dune is a Brooklyn producer who operates along these lines, and her debut for lo bit landscapes sees her trawling Petar Dundov's Adriatic waters. More beat-oriented than last year's Sidereal EP, Miamisphere is arresting for its sheer Balearic decadence. "Plasmodium" kicks the EP off in flashy fashion, all watery sound effects, silly-putty basslines and an overdriven arpeggio that sounds like it was lifted out of "Silent Shout" and given some happy pills. "Agnus Dei" puts a more anxious spin on things with its floating-in-space woodblocks and grinding chords, but it's still lit up like a Christmas tree. Most interesting of all is "Miamisphere," despite the fact that it's a year-old. Its steadily swirling slo-mo beat feels at odds with the rippling waves and fake brass that float above it, as if Dune were trying to recreate the classic dance music of Ibiza's golden era from only the faintest of memories. L.I.E.S. associate Terekke, whose own tracks have a matte coat compared to Dune's holographic gleam, seems like an odd choice for a remix, but his chunky house re-rub makes for an excellent counterpoint and brings her space cadet meanderings back down to earth, rounding off the New York label's best release yet.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Plasmodium A2 Agnes Day B1 Miamisphere B2 Miamisphere (Terekke Remix)
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