As far as songs go, this cut from Elyar is one of my favourites of the month. It’s the kind of track that is so intricate and textured that it needs a few listens to fully appreciate, but at the same time doesn’t feel overdone or busy. How it came about in it’s final form is quite a fascinating story in itself…
“The song was originally a freestyle I’d done in 2016 over a 4 bar loop before I’d even considered starting to produce my own music. Every few months from that point, I would have a lyric or a melody from the freestyle come to my head; but I ignored it because I thought the project was lost and felt the urge to just create new music. In 2020, I found a voice-note of the 2016 freestyle and decided to fill the gaps and let it belong to someone else. The production process was super spontaneous. I was staying at my girlfriend’s house in lockdown and I would hear things like sirens going past at the right moment (so I sampled a UK police siren and put it in the post-chorus)… I heard piano chords, cello, even a cat purring (which I sampled in the beat)… I really just trusted what I heard my head.”