Considering how much collective sweat critics and fans dripped for phenomena like grime and dubstep in recent years, one would come to expect a much warmer welcome to records like this. Heyoka's "Gate Code" follows last year's "Space Case EP", his first release on the Muti Music label, and has every twist and turn you normally file under the glitch hop and instrumental hip-hop tags. That being said, why aren't these 13 tracks getting all the love they deserve?
The answer lies in the very foundation of the music business and the way it sets some trends and prevents others from growing bigger and further apart. And so, after a period of good press for anything dub- and glitch-centered, now it's time to once again turn up the amps and forget all about the cold production work emerging from London's ghetto blasters. It's then a less favorable time for Andrei "Heyoka" Olenev's music to unfold commercially.
But putting all market trends aside, what remains true and well worth its salt is this Bay Area cat's music. Gaining a name for himself as one of San Francisco's top-notch new producers, Heyoka has already opened for some major acts in the scene like Benga and Skream. As the promotional material puts it, much of the album was composed while on a trip to Uruguay earlier this year, and it's actually easy to discern some journey-like qualities in this music.
Tracks like the opener "Sonidas de la Cabeza" or the subsequent "Galactic Tea Pad" possess a strength that can't be measured in muscle. While succeeding in delivering a dub-centric collection of tracks, this West Coast producer never seems to overlook the juicy elements coming from the IDM and downtempo fields. The glitch factory is thus open once again and run by a new manager, one that likes the propulsive beat just as much as he cares for the melodious aspects that only human voice can provide – even when it undergoes some sort of studio surgery.
It's like Heyoka is putting his material on a shoestring budget, saving on the superfluous to deliver fat beats only when the time feels right – and the time feels right just before the beat induces some sort of cardiac arrest. The most notable examples of this build-up of tension and expectations are cuts like "Flying Dub Sauce" and the closer "Hazy". But go figure yourself and don't expect to move away from this stuff anytime soon.
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