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Odeko 'Digital Botanics/Construct Conduct' (Gobstopper)
Odeko, a producer who debuted on Gobstopper in 2016 with the deft and beautiful EP ‘A Hisory With Samus’, is back with a new double-single for the label. Deeply idiosyncratic, his sound is rooted in the unknown and references a wide range of sounds, from the bubbling melodies of ‘Digital Botanics’ to the hyper-trippy synth web of ‘Construct Conduct’. Subtle trap patterns exchange blows with short bursts of muffled white noise on the A-side, but it’s the 80s-inspired synth melodies on ‘Construct Conduct’ – popular in the throwback OSTs that came to define 2016 (see Stranger Things) – and the way he builds them that really earmark Odeko as a special talent worth watching.
8/10
