YILA - ​Dysfunctional Combinations & Collaborations Vol.2

Dysfunctional Combinations & Collaborations Vol.2​ sees Slovenian based British producer Yila continue his return to dance-floor territory after a fruitful Vol.1, this time diving into the process of the 90s.

On ​‘​I’m the Future’ he teams up with Berlin based vocalist / producer / DJ Maya Schenck and Montreal based drummer / percussionist Max Sansalone. The pulsating bassline, throbbing hi hat and Sansalone’s effects laden tribal polyrhythmic percussion apparitions combine with Schenck’s broken down poetry to result in a haunting earworm and an instant alt-club weapon.

‘Hipslop​’​ pays homage to the 90s jungle / drum and bass process of sampling old jazz records.

Yila distances himself from the past as he dips into his own purpose-made composition played by a 5 piece jazz outfit, cutting and splicing their highly syncopated basslines, atmospheric piano chords and deconstructed intricate drum solos.

The accompanying pitch bent recordings of a Tawny Owls mating call adds to the 90s rave / post hardcore references and the homage is complete.

Quotes​:
‘I’m the future’
“W​ith Andrew Weatheralls passing, diving back into those alt-club night feelings in my mind I wanted to make a pure tune that could do the job for a great party, reference the past, crossover genre and have that mystical hopefulness of the future.” - Yila

‘Hipslop’
“I was inspired by the concept of recognising the value of the Amen break and a celebration of bebop free improvisation in a modern context that carried the process forward. A Dogmatic approach of no sampling, but creating the sense of samples from composing a Jazz piece and bringing it aesthetically to drum and bass by deconstructing it with controlled chaos, referencing both past and the present” - Yila

Credits:

Single Artwork:
Emily Evans
Photos (Avail 8th March):
Urska Preis
‘I’m the future’
Vocals - Maya Schenk
Acoustic drums / percussion - Max Sansalone Additional arrangement - Christian Kroupa
Video​ (​Avail: 16th March​) Animation from Maya Schenk Visuals from 5237 aka Stella Ivsek
‘Hipslop’
Piano - Rok Zalokar (Rok Zalokar trio) Sax - Bostjan Simmons (Eceteral) Drums - Max Sansalone
Bass - Rob Mullarky (jacob collier) Rhodes - Eddie Stevens (Roisin Murphy)
Video (Avail: 8th March)
Script - Steven Camden
Puppeteer - Dennis Katmann
DOP - Adam Mulalic
Editor / VFX - Remigijus Klimovas Grading - J G Harding
Recorded and mixed at Nature Scene Studios Mixed by YILA
Produced by YILA
Mastered by Guy Davies at Electrical Audio

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https://yila.bandcamp.com/album/dysfunctional-combinations-collaborations-vol-2