ALAK “Pass”

08 Oct 2013 — Henning Lahmann

For the next instalment of their ongoing "Limited Dubs" series (if you don't yet know what that means, click here), London's Kaleidoscope have recruited California-based artist ALAK aka J. Noir for more compellingly unwieldy sonic experimentation. Not sure if this is supposed to be noted or not, but in any case it's satisfying to observe label head patten staying devoted to push female musicians. Though relying on a bed of off-kilter synth constructions, ALAK's "Pass", the first track to be unveiled off of the five-track EP Guardian Petted, is surprisingly non-electronic. Sporting a noir-ish sheen and remarkably rusted drum patterns, the wave-indebted track is mainly carried by the artist's voice, which strainedly pierces through the underlying noise.

Guardian Petted is out October 21.