Scrambled Ecstasy: samuragosha’s “fake documentary / Wi-Fi”
The best song on tofubeat’s Fantasy Club is “This City,” a number that frequently feels close to collapsing in on itself but focuses together to create a stretch of ecstatic release. Producer samuragosha conjures up the same type of vibe on this two track release from tofubeats’ Hihatt imprint. Opener “fake documentary” mostly putters forward while digital noises sounding closer to an on-the-fritz fax machine sputter off. Yet beneath the scrambled sounds pleasant melodies peak out, and at times the song switches up entirely to a rising piano melody that hints at pure release. But it almost always vanishes just as quickly, until a little later in the song when one stretch of joy really shines through, all that tension making it hit just right. “Wi-Fi” is far more straightforward, offering up a great house number with a somewhat similar jitter to it but ready right out the box. Get it here, or listen below.
