Preset Mindset by Josu Mämmi

Rant:

Written during a very productive period that saw him writing one new track a day, the cuts on this EP draw inspiration mainly from generative music, lo-fi aesthetics and jazz with elements flowing in and out naturally and never recurring in exactly the same way. When combined with loud and angular influences of urban living, and presented in the form of modern electronic dance music, the result is abstract, distorted, calm and energising at the same time.

Opener ‘Preset Mindset’ is a brilliantly meditative track with rolling drums and dreamy pads that have you gazing into the distance. Gentle melodies rise up and down and add to the organic, dawn-like feel of this most accomplished track.

‘Siege All’ is a different but equally skilled proposition, with more driving drums working in lumpy loops that pull you in. Celestial chords and naive xylophone-like sounds add emotion and tenderness to this lush bit of house music.

Last of all, the mindful ‘Ode 4 6 Basses’ is a soft-focus mix of silky drums and rubbery bass and gentle, sonar-like pulses of melody that disperse from the centre off to an infinite horizon. There is an electro skip in the percussion and all in all it makes for a fascinatingly fresh listen.

Support from:

Laurent Garnier
DJ Seinfeld
Radio Slave
Danny Daze
Honey Dijon
Maceo Plex
Richie Hawtin
Luigi Madonna
Sebastien Devaud
Alexander Maier
Sky Deep
and many others

www.josumammi.com