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Intaloopa - Derealization
Intaloopa - Derealization
Ahead of its official release tomorrow, Sydney producer Intaloopa has given us a sneak peak at his new EP Derealisation, a six-track collection of intriguing samples and emotive electronics.
If there were one genre that would befit titling an EP Derealisation, it would be electronica. When it’s done well - when the synths are all-consuming, the beats dense, the atmosphere thick - the soundscapes it creates can feel mind-altering. Sydney’s Intaloopa is one such capable artist and his newest release should be confirmation of his strong position in Australia’s electronic music scene.
Across six tracks, the producer unspools a wave of ambience and nostalgia over his listener, each song immersive and involving. This is headily emotive music, as is Intaloopa’s wont - his last record was 2018’s Travelling While Sleeping, which drew heavily from the personal experiences he had leading up to and after the death of his father and offered a healing artistic outlet.
It’s why the title and colour of Derealisation’s first song, ‘Memories In Blue’, is appropriate - intelligent and introspective electronica such as this could only be filtered through a melancholic blue hue. As featured previously on Trouble Juice, that song’s accompanying video also encapsulates the atmosphere of Intaloopa: the blissed-out and wavy sound was backed by retro VHS clips, recalling the peak works of chillwave that operated with the same visual techniques.
There is excellent use of samples throughout, as on ‘Electric’, where a manipulated voice tells us “everything is made up of matter” under a pounding synth line; on the light and airy ‘You Say’, a distant and strange voice repeats that phrase and that phrase only. ‘DR01’’s exotic beat rises and builds well, contemplative in tone. The muscular ‘Rise Again’ then starts with a heavy drum machine beat before descending into ominous and otherworldly synths.
‘DR02’ is the closing track (sounding very much like Hype Williams) and its chilled and hazy sound signals the end: the end of those strange Sunday morning kick-ons as the comedown begins to hit; the end of the rumination and contemplation; the end of being transported from this reality. The only thing it doesn’t signal the end of, though, is Intaloopa’s skill as a producer. Expect more from him.
Across six tracks, the producer unspools a wave of ambience and nostalgia over his listener, each song immersive and involving. This is headily emotive music, as is Intaloopa’s wont - his last record was 2018’s Travelling While Sleeping, which drew heavily from the personal experiences he had leading up to and after the death of his father and offered a healing artistic outlet.
It’s why the title and colour of Derealisation’s first song, ‘Memories In Blue’, is appropriate - intelligent and introspective electronica such as this could only be filtered through a melancholic blue hue. As featured previously on Trouble Juice, that song’s accompanying video also encapsulates the atmosphere of Intaloopa: the blissed-out and wavy sound was backed by retro VHS clips, recalling the peak works of chillwave that operated with the same visual techniques.
There is excellent use of samples throughout, as on ‘Electric’, where a manipulated voice tells us “everything is made up of matter” under a pounding synth line; on the light and airy ‘You Say’, a distant and strange voice repeats that phrase and that phrase only. ‘DR01’’s exotic beat rises and builds well, contemplative in tone. The muscular ‘Rise Again’ then starts with a heavy drum machine beat before descending into ominous and otherworldly synths.
‘DR02’ is the closing track (sounding very much like Hype Williams) and its chilled and hazy sound signals the end: the end of those strange Sunday morning kick-ons as the comedown begins to hit; the end of the rumination and contemplation; the end of being transported from this reality. The only thing it doesn’t signal the end of, though, is Intaloopa’s skill as a producer. Expect more from him.
Head to intaloopa.bandcamp.com to purchase Derealization digitally before the EP drops officially tomorrow.
