New Foodman: “Kusa”

ByPatrick St. Michel

Foodman has transformed into one of those productive types of artists who I have no idea what to do with anymore. Albums and EPs, sure, write those up! But he also just puts out so many interesting, captivating and weird loosies, that this could turn into the Internet’s number-one destination for Foodman news if I really thought that would be the proper way to re-brand. “Kusa” is the latest mind-twister from an artist who excels at bending sounds into tiny whirlwinds, voices and percussion and tape hiss tumbling over one another, but everything clicking…somehow, someway. As meaning continues to feel more and more meaningless in 2017, it’s nice to hear something that just revels in sound. Listen above.

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