Watch: Orphan “169”

06 May 2013 — Lukas Dubro

Last night, patten's Kaleidoscope label dropped Retakes by Orphan, the imprint's fourth limited cassette release, as reported before. The enigmatic artist from South London plays electronic music that won't sound surprising to those amongst you being familiar with contemporary London dance music: The minimal lo-fi sound of the five-tracks EP is mainly driven by old school analog synthesizers and keyboards which Orphan acquired second hand. Clear melodies are lacking, as well as a beat pumping in the foreground from A to Z. Instead we hear muffled overdriven soundscapes bathed in reverb and improvised sounding keyboard solos. To perfect the dreamy, nostalgic atmosphere, Orphan is using vocal patterns resembling the whisper of ancient ghosts – Retakes is a strong release and clearly indispensable if you're into experimental house music.

If you considered purchasing a physical copy of Retakes, you'll find yourself disappointed though: as patten is redefining the term "limited edition", not more then six copies have been printed – and they were all gone within ten minutes. Fortunately, we live in the digital age, so download the EP for free via the label's homepage here.

Below, check out track "169".