ESSE is again with a brand new single, “Detroit,” proving that echoes of Motor Metropolis’s machine soul nonetheless have new tales to inform.
Out now through Tchami’s Confession imprint, the brand new single follows ESSE’s “Block Rockin Beats,” a daring reinterpretation of The Chemical Brothers’ 1997 breakbeat traditional of the identical title. With “Detroit,” the mysterious producer is shortly proving his potential to transform timeless dancefloor staples with out stripping them of their spirit.
Sampling Fedde Le Grand’s 2006 traditional “Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit,” ESSE retrofits the unique’s clubby cheer into one thing darker, sleeker and extra dystopian. As soon as a simple celebration chant, the vocals at the moment are warped and mutated with a cybernetic contact, drenched in vocoder and glitch as they slither by way of the observe’s pumping bassline.
There is no euphoric builds or flashy, overproduced drops in “Detroit”—only a centered, heady groove that by no means lets up. Gritty, minimal and relentlessly propulsive, it is home music constructed with techno’s DNA.
You’ll be able to take heed to “Detroit” beneath and discover the brand new single on streaming platforms right here.
