“SONAR, vol. 1 is the first of many 6-track IDM/downtempo EPs inspired by '90s and '00s IDM with a modern touch.”
Where beats dissolve into shadow and synth: Endless Blue delivers melancholy, slinky trip hop that slowly builds to an emotional peak — saying goodbye because you have to, not because you want to. Slighter brings Ian Pickering of Sneaker Pimps fame along for a dark new single from In Ruins, while dvdv constructs a manifesto oscillating between industrial rawness and ethereal radiance — "a scream suspended between glitch and dream." The Land Of rounds it out with moody downtempo breaks and gorgeous synth lines echoing the early days of Fragile and Careful Productions.