Teacher by SONNS

Impregnated by the early 90s Southern California punk scene, Mouracade soon relocated to the shores of electronic music where he honed his tastes in techno, house, disco and leftfield sounds. Now a household name in the Los Angeles underground dance milieu, his DJ sets as SONNS carry the influences of a life lived with the sounds of NEU!, Tones on Tail or Arthur Russell: a genre-bending bricolage ranging from punk-infused club serenades to multi-colored synth riffs. It's an ideal backdrop to his studio sessions where he routinely fuses vintage analog equipment with digital synths, guitar pedals and field recordings. This expertise heavily informs the new single TEACHER, a tightly woven cut that not only comes in a propelling DANSE VERSION and as pop-indebted original, but also features the rich and silky vocals of TOBIAS BUCH - the lead singer of psychedelic soul trio The Late Great Fitzcarraldos and the voice of SONNS' classics "On My Mind" and "Starts Tonight". Together with the flipside's crackling stomper BEST, this is a masterfully composed EP catering to both the gleeful romantic and the affectionate incendiary.