Ozel AB “Crimes EP”

23 Jan 2015 — Evelyn Malinowski

Lobster Theremin ethusiastically describes Ozel AB's style as "the missing piece in the final core artist tapestry of the label." After having listened to this EP close to fifty times in the last week, I would agree that something big and quenching, finalizing, is going on for the label in this release. Ozel AB achieves this through decorative sonic geometry: it's like going to someone's apartment who displays impressive ownership over and compatibility with any awkward nooks that come with the space. The resident has made very good, slaking use of filling and complementing wall space and corners, clutter-free, tetris-satisfaction style. Crimes EP is alive with paddy synth bites that smoothen everything out. They hit you the way you absorb someone's slick and well-feng shui-ed flat. Samples and simple progressions persistently entering at the perfect, most agreeable moments, which speaks loudly to the artist's awesome sense of rhythm and knack for organization, regardless of what his living space actually looks like.

Buy the Crimes EP here, and check out other great LT releases right here.