There is a moment at every rave when the sweat dries and the emotions take over. Longstoryshort's new EP, IN MY MINDlives precisely in that transformative moment.
The electronic music virtuoso, one of the genre's greatest shapeshifters, performs a masterful disappearing act on the project, enacting the fury of rave before sailing into the eerie silence of its radiance. He says he hopes listeners will “connect with these tracks as a soundtrack to their own highs and lows and everything in between.”
Translating raw energy with anarchic grace, the EP is a testament to the duality of electronic music: the sweaty bodies on the dance floor and the souls that inhabit them. His music makes aggression and intimacy seem like two sides of the same coin, crossing the membrane between primal impulse and pure feeling.
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The first half comprises ferocious brass-knuckle rhythms that demand movement like a puppeteer pulling on steel strings. longstoryshort captures them on “IJUSTWANNA,” a sure-fire highlight where frenetic bass hits slide through UKG and dubstep drops like spiders on the brain.
But just when you think you've figured it out, the EP pirouettes into something different but eerily familiar. The back half of IN MY MIND He removes his armor to reveal a beating heart underneath, where the ghost in his machine dances with his own silhouette.
Longstoryshort's nuanced, textured production shines on “Take the Blame (Don't Let It Stop You),” a haunted house anthem for the heartbroken hedonist. Then comes another four-on-the-floor masterstroke, “Part of Me,” which feels more like a psychological striptease with biting lyrics that explore a numb void: “Suddenly you're searching for a way inside my head / I don't know how to say it , but there is nothing left of me.”
Hear IN MY MINDavailable now via NIGHTMODE, below and find the new EP on streaming platforms here.
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