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01. Popp - Tures
02. Popp - DLY
03. Popp - Lithe
04. Popp - Vertiko
05. Popp - Bouderath
06. Popp - Cyrillus
07. Popp - Meoh
08. Popp - 7O4
ARTIST
TITLE
Blizz
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
SQM 016LP SQM 016LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/16/2022

On his third album, Blizz, Munich-based drummer and producer Simon Popp further blurs the line between electronic and organic sounds. In carefully crafted, slow-growing tracks tuned metal percussions cut through searing synth pads, sucking the listener into a sonic vortex. Informed by personal and spiritual themes, Popp's debut album Laya (SQM 002LP), as well as his 2021 follow-up Devi (SQM 010LP) make use of rhythms as storytelling mechanisms. Contrasting light and dark, organic and synthetic sounds, his compositions engage in a dance of subtle complexities, enticing the listener into the practice of close listening. Throughout Blizz, a panopticon of metallophones takes flight, floating freely over earth-bound counter rhythms, conjuring up call-and-response techniques inherent in polyrhythmic music. This technique favors experimentation over perfectionism, leaving space for happy accidents to unlock new melodic possibilities. According to Popp, "it's much more interesting to try to push the boundaries of an instrument to see what's possible."