When Ploy released the 2018 club smash Ramos, it was clear he’d hit on a winning formula.
Like the music of his Timedance label mates Batu, Bruce, Lurka et al, this was slick, modern dance music full of know-how and technical trickery – but it was also cheeky, with an infectious energy that gave it head-turning appeal and real staying power.
Since then, the London-based producer has been meticulously honing in on this sweet spot, nailing a sound that is as funky and infectious as it is intelligent and boundary-pushing. A few key motifs have continued to crop up regularly: hyper-tense builds, stuttered vocal samples, riotous drum rolls – all evidence of a producer who isn’t shy of those Big Club Moments.
Unsurprisingly, ‘Big Club Moments’ also seems to be the mantra of his new label Deaf Test, which launched last month with the excellent Rayhana EP. His contribution to our Crack Mix series “embodies and represents all the themes and styles that influenced [Rayhana]”, and as such it’s packed with those head-turning dancefloor moments we’ve come to expect from Ploy, who moves through Japanese gqom, South American techno, Ugandan club music and beyond.
Crack Mix 430: Ploy
Crack Mix 430: Ploy
When Ploy released the 2018 club smash Ramos, it was clear he’d hit on a winning formula.
Like the music of his Timedance label mates Batu, Bruce, Lurka et al, this was slick, modern dance music full of know-how and technical trickery – but it was also cheeky, with an infectious energy that gave it head-turning appeal and real staying power.
Since then, the London-based producer has been meticulously honing in on this sweet spot, nailing a sound that is as funky and infectious as it is intelligent and boundary-pushing. A few key motifs have continued to crop up regularly: hyper-tense builds, stuttered vocal samples, riotous drum rolls – all evidence of a producer who isn’t shy of those Big Club Moments.
Unsurprisingly, ‘Big Club Moments’ also seems to be the mantra of his new label Deaf Test, which launched last month with the excellent Rayhana EP. His contribution to our Crack Mix series “embodies and represents all the themes and styles that influenced [Rayhana]”, and as such it’s packed with those head-turning dancefloor moments we’ve come to expect from Ploy, who moves through Japanese gqom, South American techno, Ugandan club music and beyond.
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