Ellie Herring “Chipped”

14 Apr 2014 — Evelyn Malinowski

Lexington, Kentucky seems like an unobvious place for harvesting amazing electronic music. Ellie Herring with her new tape Chipped single-handedly wipes that prejudice away, in fact, blows it away, for the beats, composition, and atmosphere of the work are straight up remarkable. The production group responsible for this release, Racecar, is located in the confederate city of Nashville. I had the pleasure of visiting Nashville for about a month some years back, and I was totally ready to move there. As it turns out, southern cities are excellent origins of dreamy, beaty, and beautiful electronica.

Chipped differs evolutionarily from Herring's former LP Kite Day, a more vocal, tame release, however likewise remarkable. It seems that with the new EP, though, Herring has unleashed some kind of powerful music making ethos which will only become stronger. "Dynasty" starts with a mesmerizing melody which is followed by an anthematic counter-melody and then a plethora of very appetizing club sounds. When the beat finally gives, it's hard not to grin. Appetizing melody and club sounds are indeed available throughout the EP, staring us in the face, kind of like the way Herring's primary art does. Succeeding "Dynasty" is bubbly and soothing "Video Tapes," which, when I first streamed the EP, made me jump immediately to Racecar's Bandcamp to order the limited edition cassette. I'm waiting eagerly for its arrival.

You can order yours here before they're all gone.