Barker
Utility
Sam Barker’s arrival as a solo producer has been a long time coming. With his label and associated party, Leisure System, he has established his refined taste for all things techno. Outside of that he has put music out as part of well-respected duo Barker & Baumecker. On the solo tip though he was crippled by perfectionism, preferring to start new music from scratch than edit down a plethora of jams that will never see the light of day. On Utility we get the product of all those years of experimentation, refinement, learning and finding his current voice, which replaces powerful beats with equally powerful synth work. It’s a collection of spellbinding electronic symphonies that breathe emotion into your esophagus, allowing it to dissipate through your lungs, into your bloodstream and through your veins, arteries and capillaries up into your brain sparking deep thought and sublime body movement. Who says the dance floor needs hard-hitting kick drums when the music is this moving?