The air in electronic music feels stagnant and over-processed but then comes oddhippo to smash the glass with their latest offering Self Obliteration. It hits like a brick through a screen and demands you pay attention to the grit underneath the pixels because this is the sound of an artist reclaiming their pulse. This Brighton outfit refuses to play nice with the streaming bots because they prefer the smell of burning circuits and sweat.
Listening to the way they marry a thick funk bottom-end with the nervous twitch of leftfield bass is a revelation for anyone tired of the same four-on-the-floor monotony. The Brighton scene has long been a breeding ground for this kind of genre-defying alchemy but oddhippo takes it a step further by injecting a jagged hip hop sensibility into the mix. The experience feels less like a song and more like a live-wire experiment that might bite your hand off if you get too close and that is the exact kind of danger we need right now.
