The result is Joy Orbison's best music to date and a powerful distillation of his musical career so far. Recorded in his Walworth Window studio in south east London, this is serious, future-facing sound system music cut through with a sense of warmth and playfulness much needed for these times. In my head this is a soul record but I'm not sure that's how people will hear it.
Latest Episodes. The mixtape embraces its longer format, its tracks slipping in and out of one continuous stream. Gone is the spirit of sun-soaked festivals; the instrumentals channel moods of nocturnes and moments alone, prompted by Covid lockdown.
Voice notes from family members puncture the music with a simultaneous sense of new intimacy and innocuous familiarity. Along with beats that feel refined yet retro enough to have come via mids German labels, they create a comfort that sinks into nostalgia perhaps too easily for an artist so committed to continual evolution.
The truth: Exothermic means "releasing energy in the form of heat and light. Links: myspace. Joy Orbison No Listening to this dance music producer is like tuning into a pirate radio station and hearing the perfect comedown playlist.
Joy Orbison Hometown: Croydon. The lineup: Peter O'Grady music, production.
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