The band Saajtak, based in Detroit (Jonathan Barahal Taylor, Ben Willis, Simon Alexander-Adams) and Brooklyn (Alex Koi), makes futuristic music that synthesizes a wide range of genres'often in ways that seem to clash against each other, always in service to the song. The band has quietly made music in Detroit for the better part of a decade, collaborating with members of clipping. and sharing bills with Xiu Xiu, Ava Mendoza and Greg Fox. Koi sings and writes lyrics; Taylor plays drums, Willis bass; Alexander-Adams contributes electronics. But to individuate their contributions does the music a disservice. Saajtak sounds, feels, like a living, breathing organism, for which recordings don't present definitive documents as much as they reflect songs at given points in their lives. For the Makers, the band's first album, brims with ideas, treating their shape-shifting compositions with a high depth of field, thrumming with energy, opening into new worlds. RIYL: Xiu Xiu, Kate Bush, Battles 1) Big Exit 2) Concertmate 680 3) There's a Leak in the Shielding 4) Sister 5) Rusty Courage 6) For the Makers 7) Borders (feat. Marcus Elliot) 8) Oak Heart (feat. David Magumba) 9) Queen Ghost Speaks 10) Mightier Mountains Have Crumbled
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July 29, 2022
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