Gi Gi – Lamella Pressed

In certain electronic music circles, 2022 felt like the year of downtempo and trip-hop. The slow, chilled-out breaks and ambient textures seemed to perfectly capture that post-pandemic mood easing us gracefully out of solitary home listening and back to the dancefloor. Artists like Chicago’s Purelink and Tornado Wallace’s new a.s.o. project made waves with their updated takes on the once taboo late ‘90s sample-heavy sounds. New artists exploring the slower beats continue to emerge, including Texan producer Gi Gi, who released two incredible albums this year on Good Morning Tapes and Berlin/Glasgow based label Index:Records. It’s hard to pick a favorite out of the two, both deep & dubby with just the right amount of jazz, and atmospheric as all hell. “Sinews” featuring Auckland-based duo Hysterical Love Project is a track we’ll surely be playing back well into 2023 and injects a bit of that 4AD dream pop vibe into Gi Gi’s blissfully introspective sound world.

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