Is it just me, or has Eliot Lipp been quiet for a while? There’s not much to shake on his side: He regularly releases new albums, most recently Viper Venom last year – mostly older-school instrumental hip-hop. His latest single is something completely different. Exactly: a real single in 7 inch format. And it reminds us all the more why it is still needed.
When he wants to, Lipp can combine hip-hop with his other musical interests to create wonderful hybrid pieces. »Kona« on the A-side mixes a dull, pounding beat with crystalline, ringing guitars and Lipp’s playful, meandering synthesizer. A breakbeat provides additional rhythmic complexity in the background. On the B-side, it’s not just the four-string of the same name that creaks in »Silver Bass« : a “real” drum kit can also be heard, although it was probably sampled like the saxophone. Especially nice: the dialog between acoustic fragments and synthetic lines. Everything fits. The body thanks you.
Kona/Silver Bass
