- Earlier this year, the London-based Braiden returned with his first record in two years, a soundtrack for the documentary X Years In London. Compared to his usual bass-heavy club bombs, the music was given space to breathe, exploring glassy and futuristic sound palettes with beautiful results. Braiden told i-D that the soundtrack was the first time he's made music for an "existing visual context." His latest EP, V.O.L.A.T. / Hydroplane pumps a similarly cinematic sense into the club.
"V.O.L.A.T.," accompanied by a space opera music video, is the EP's bigger production. The drums are thumping, the leads are metallic and the climax is built on symphonic strings. These theatrics provide the right kind of thrill for the EP's 3D-rendered space station visual, and they should have a similar impact through a club soundsystem. "Hydroplane" is less flashy but more driving, with an unruly sense of rhythm and precision details—claps, keys and giggles—that shoot off in 360 degrees.
TracklistA V.O.L.A.T.
B Hydroplane