SAW THE FEELING IN THE HEART OF THINGS

Drowned by Locals hits it out of the park again with another deliciously chaotic release of jumbly rumbly sound collages. Lucien Balconi (Strasbourg, France) serves up a hectic but refined blend of boisterous samples, complex beats, and intriguing melodies featuring hand-crafted instruments. Influences span nature field recordings, videogame soundtracks, Sonidero culture, cartoons, and Southern trap. Check it out.

FCC CLEAN
RIYL: Hype Williams, Negativland, Giant Claw, James Ferraro, Ssaliva, Doon Kanda
TRY: 2, 3, 7, 1

(*1.) (1:45) Lazer beam pulses, bongos, lots of cartoonish samples, sirens, fuzzed out guitars, frenzied laughing from anime characters, etc all thrown into a gyrating beat
(*2.) (2:15) Chopped up chipmunk vocals and a hand-drum and cello-led beat. Sampled ad libs from Lil Jon and Three 6 mafia. Heavy sonidero influences/samples throughout
(*3.) (2:56) Gyrating, churning cumbia with foundsounds and phaser effects
(4.) (4:05) Serene strummed guitars with buzzy noises
(5.) (3:55) A groggy beat, long pulses of synth, frog noises, water splashes, sound effects taken from a samurai movie (?), violins, fuzzy electric guitar
(6.) (1:45) Chipper 8-bit sounding melodies, hand-drums, washes of static, strange squelching noises, sinister movie snippet “this place needs some decoration…with blood”
(*7.) (7:50) Epic, longform, and droney. Lonesome melodica, ambient guitar, occasionally punctuated by movie clips and walkie talkie chirps. Last 20 seconds are very quiet