Live Review: Lucianblomkamp 'Help Me Out'

LUCIANBLOKAMP may seem like an eyeful and mouthful of letters to say, but if this single 'Help Me Out' is to foretell the artist's future direction - we should get practicing with the name's pronunciation.

An amalgamation of his first and last name, Lucian Blomkamp is a 20 year old  Melbourne producer who's set to drop  his debut record, Post-Nature, on August 15 through Remote Control. The nine-tracked release features 'Help Me Out', the first single and taste tester of what's to come.

Borrowing from several genre categories, LUCIANBLOMKAMP sets his stylings across a spectrum of influences, meshing both samples and live instrumentations into his craft.

'Help Me Out' showcases this trait, with it's interweaving of organic and electronical sounds. Its crisp, static-y introduction is thick with adorning baritone vocals, building on the natural sounds only to drop into a staggered, delayed synth portion. As this interplay of segments continues throughout the track, a new element is suddenly added as a fan-freaking-tastic woodwind solo rings through the track's outro.

Fragmented and rooted in the experimental side of things, Blomkamp's genre-bending stylistics and diverse musical appreciation could only serve as an interesting basis for a debut release.

'Post-Nature' Tracklist

1. Catskill Mountain Resort
2. Help Me Out
3. Jol (feat. Hedsbent)
4. In Time (feat. Rosebud Leach & Robert Glaesemann)
5. Fear (feat. Joshua Maxwell De Hoog)
6. Shook
7. Tangle Eye
8. Now I Hear A Noise
9. Saudade

Words by Alean Penaflor

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