Wolves and Wishes, Dosh
Naive opinion brands Dosh as white-boyexperimental hip hop just because he sits on the Anticon roster. Sure,there are percussive leanings towards the genre on WOLVES AND WISHES (evident through air-tight breaks) but beyond thisthere's instrumental mastery and a nerd-like splicing together of encyclopaedicmusic knowledge and composition.
Years of bedroom seclusion - with nothing but instruments, pedals, loops, andsamples for friends - has paid off for Dosh. On WOLVES AND WISHES, his attention is focused on two main components: arpeggio-rifeRhodes playing (putting that Vampire Weekend weed to shame); and drummingreminiscent of Greg Saunier's sporadic jazz thrashing. As one sound speaks upyour ears patiently wait for its looped return, but it vanishes. These tinyepiphanies say a brief ‘hey, how's it go...' and are immediately replaced bysomething else, be it sax, harmonies, delay, fuzz, piano, strings or (the listgoes on).
Like other engaging experimental music, whatever its origins, WOLVES AND WISHES is a winner because there's always a hint of sweet pop and melody. Dosh's ordered chaos isa little overwhelming at first, but it'll certainly get you dancing orlistening in silent awe.
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart
Keywords: Hip Hop, Experimental, Pop
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