Sam Ball - One Way Ticket

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  • Repetition is a tricky thing. How many times can a loop, or a sequence, tickle your cortex the right way till you either want to switch positions or just scream stop? Maidstone, England, producer Sam Ball's new EP offers some examples in the affirmative. "One Way Ticket," the A-side, does a slow build that undulates nicely, albeit quickly; this is a mover. There are light congas decorating the groove, as well as what sounds like a heavily treated sample of a low saxophone note that floats around every so often. There's a little too much bicycle-tire hiss going on—intrusive, like cranking the house light at peak hour—but no one can argue with the repeated vocal snippet, "House music all night long." The flip, "Fill It Up," is a touch headier in its arrangement, as a short, hard-charging conga loop, combined with a woman slowly exhaling in the background, quickly becomes the track's hook, as everything surrounding it expands and contracts. It seems more one-note at first, but that loop has a hell of a lot of give to it, and it lends itself especially well to the pebbly-percussive breakdown that bolsters the track's heft.
  • Tracklist
      01. One Way Ticket 02. Fill It Up
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