Thomas Bjerring; Stateless
Thomas Bjerring’s Stratus totally passed me by when it was released last year; it’s an amazing soulful minimal techno record, culminating in the amazing track, ‘0245’. Jamie XX played it in his recent 6 Mix session, and it fit in beautifully with the rest of his eclectic soul/garage-driven set. Spacious vocals are sewn into tech 4x4 beats, and it’s markedly different from the more dancefloor-orientated tracks on the EP, Trentemoller-recalling ‘Stratus’ and ‘Republique’. Anyway, here’s that first tune:
Stateless’ first release, and LP standout track, ‘Ariel’, was duly given a Dark Sky makeover last year, which seems to be indicative of a great artist for the future. The vocals recall Jeff Buckley, the electronic arrangement is deep and slow - Matilda is unique and brilliant, and I’ve copped it already. Here’s a minimix to give you a taster of the goodness:
