It took some time, but Nagoya’s House Of Tapes has been starting to push himself into more interesting sonic directions as of late. The project started out as a noisy thing taking conventional dance-music structures and seeing just how heavy he could make his take on floor-filling stuff. This meant a lot of four-on-the-floor beats grinding up against steely synths, all with the volume turned up significantly. Recently, though, House Of Tapes has been moving beyond just pure loudness, and recently uploaded song “Warped” offers the best example of this shift yet. Don’t get it twisted – it’s still LOUD. But there is a lot going on now – noises bounce all over the place, seemingly nothing but a crystaline synth line deep in the mix bolted down to the floor. It is House Of Tapes at his wildest and, at first glance, seems like a total rejection of form altogether. But then he pulls a fast one – “Warped” is his most thought out song to date, as it goes through various sections, from down-low hip-hop beat to barely there interlude. There is plenty of fury along the way, but this is some complex chaos. Listen below.
https://soundcloud.com/house-of-tapes/warped