NYC producer Maxo chops up “Love Is On The Way” from NYC band Kuroma (which features members of MGMT) into something that could either fit on a label as jittery as PC Music or as smooth as Ryan Hemworth’s Secret Songs (Maxo has had releases on both). This ability to be both bright and almost melancholy seems a fit for Kuroma’s own high pitched emotionality. This track uses almost no held out notes, no landscapes, only hyper-minute blips, yet there’s a feeling of length and duration that’s hard to acheive if you’re choosing the smallest building blocks to use. Maxo achieves in making something that could feel piecemealy actually feel complete. Perhaps this is why it’s a ninjamix: it’s swift, fast, you don’t even know it’s there, but it definitely leaves a mark. Kuroma’s new album Kuromarama drops April 7 via Votiv Music!
• Kuroma: https://soundcloud.com/realkuroma
• Maxo: https://soundcloud.com/maxoelectronic
• Votiv Music: https://soundcloud.com/votiv