For the uninitiated, go into Ehiorobo’s “Mirror Tooolz” with an open mind and for just over two minutes you’ll hear a flurry of musical ideas that tie together surprisingly well even though it seems to be one string of free-associating words and ideas. The vocals have a dreamlike tenor and sound like a list of thoughts on the concept of dance and the mash-up of that and the trappings of dance culture and stylistic permutations over the last twenty-five years. Ehiorobo quite succinctly and deftly brings that together with a condensed expression of the heady emotions involved all while bringing us back to a chilled out contemplation on the future of dance. The song’s synthesis of hyperpop, leftfield underground hip-hop and glitchcore can seem disorienting at first but once the brilliance of its composition and genuinely creative use of tone and rhythm hit you in a way that makes this song an earworm. Listen to “Mirror Tooolz” on YouTube, give the rest of the Joltjacket album a listen and connect with Ehiorobo at the links provided.
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