Yolabmi - Hydra

Label: 29 Speedway - 29S02
Format: Cassette, Album, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Oct 27, 2023
Genre: Electronic
Style: Ambient, Experimental, Sound Art

Brooklyn-based record label 29 Speedway issue their second solo release 'Hydra' by Tokyo-based producer Yolabmi.

A staple of the DIY experimental electronic scene in Tokyo, Yolabmi frequents hubs like FORESTLIMIT, spread, and spazio-rita. “Hydra” diverges from Yolabmi’s earlier body of work that previously explored soft ambient sounds, acoustic textures, and field recordings of wildlife; tracks that feel like they’re straight out of Tsukamoto’s 80s machine-body horror films, heavy with repetition and glitch where sampling creates mechanical conversations.

Yolabmi’s grasp on sound design has been central to their creative process and is a through line across their shifting sound. In this 8-track EP, we hear Yolabmi strip away embellishments to focus on using sound design for its percussive and atmospheric capacities. Elements shift, tick, drip, chirp, and groan, building to a dark fugue. “Hydra” is a dizzying ride with an undercurrent of drones and a constellation of sounds that feel like they’re traveling at at the speed of light.

1. Liquidity
2. Huge
3. Transcendence
4. Fountain
5. Meta
6. Hydro
7. Irreversibility
8. Telepathy
9. Pendulum
10. PSX
11. Drift
12. Run