New Metome: Turn It Up

If you’re looking for the part of the Metome post where I talk about “fading memories” and “lost scenes,” don’t worry that will certainly pop up briefly. The Osaka producer’s music over the last couple of years has inspired me to get gloopy and long about a very specific time in Osaka’s electronic music community, one echoing in the songs put out since. But Turn It Up mostly implores dorks like me to stop Googling “hauntology” and have a little fun.

This is lively Metome, using little more than some drum programming, acid squelches and vocal samples to turn opener “Syndrome” into a kicking number more about the physical than the mental. Sure, that one synth wash over top hints at some deeper melancholy, but then a voice booms out “I like that” and those lingering feelings vanish for at least a little bit. Better still is the title track, which takes almost all the same elements to create a pulsating dance number that really goes big on the acid sound. Metome’s always been good at this type of sound, but those two songs serve as a stark reminder of how loose-limbed he could get when not talking to spirits. And hey, he even covers that one with “Lapse VCR,” a beatless meditation ending everything on a more contemplative note. Or maybe just a comedown after all the fun. Get it here, or listen below.