Swiss-based American Olive T previously contributed to this influential Austrian label’s Queer Base compilation and has also released on Permanent Vacation and Nervous while making appearances on Moxie’s NTS Show and Tim Sweeney’s Beats in Space. Her mantra is ‘let’s get weird’, and that plays out in her characterful sounds which always come withmusical narrative but plenty of surprises.
Opener ‘Gorgeous’ is an emotionally charged yet raw house sound with powerful drums and weighty kicks. A blend of whispered sounds, vocal coos and muttered words bring a real human intimacy next to rolling bass and chords that are quietly celebratory. The wonderful ‘Not A Dyke’ is just as evocative, though it rolls on dubby, more roomy drums. That allows the swirling pads to swell your heart and the tender vocals to marble the groove to dreamy effect. Add in some sugary synth arps, and you have another impossibly warm and loved-up house sound.
Olive T’s ‘Gorgeous’ comes on Freeride Millennium on March 20th 2025
Tracklist
1. Gorgeous
2. Not a Dyke
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