Cool Down: Osamu Ansai’s “Woman”

It sometimes feels stupid to describe a song as being “perfect for Summer” (or any specific time), like it’s a cop out in regards to poking deeper into a piece of music. Even when the artist advertises it as so! Yet here I am, confronted with Osamu Ansai’s “Woman,” a Maltine-backed track, that really begs to be forever latched with the warmest season. It gets described as “pool side disco” – which basically just means slow-moving disco – and, shit, it’s also tagged “SUMMER.” All caps, they aren’t messing around. Ansai has crafted an extremely chilled out number, built around a chopped-up vocal sample and a languid instrumental that’s lazy in the best way possible. The vocals tumble over themselves at time, the closest “Woman” comes to anything resembling conflict. Even though the words sometimes hint at something a bit darker – the second half allows the voice to sing about the “loneliness of life” before getting spliced apart – the whole song ultimately comes across as being all about relaxing. So yeah…you got like a month and a half to bump this. Listen below.