Drippin’s Silver Cloak Arrives November 11th

DRIPPIN ANNOUNCES SILVER CLOAK EP DUE NOVEMBER 11TH VIA LIT CITY TRAX

SHARES NEANA COLLABORATION “IDONO” VIA MIXMAG

Erik Spanne, aka Drippin, is a young beatmaker with a flair for unique and compelling takes on club music of all types-eerie, erogenous, and evocative. Based in Norway, he produces duly icy riddims, drawing inspiration from hip-hop, kuduro, grime and dancehall, flexing his chops across a spectrum of tempos.

Spanne runs Ball ‘Em Up (with compatriots Slick Shoota and DJ Skawr), an Oslo-based club night, known for importing and exporting grooves that both embrace and defy generic restrictions. Recently, Spanne’s scintillating sounds have seeped out of Scandinavia, and into sets by some of the planet’s most forward-thinking dance music producers, including Fatima Al Qadiri, Nguzunguzu, J-Cush, Visionist, Slimzee, Evian Christ, Cashmere Cat, and Sinjin Hawke.

Lit City Trax is thrilled to present Silver Cloak, Drippin’s first solo EP, a cinematic palette of textures and hybrid compositions, part organic and part machine. Spanne’s sounds are often stark and metallic, rooted by a confident rhythm, reminiscent of a shiny sci-fi blockbuster’s soundtrack. Alberto Troia’s artwork underscores the contrast between ethereal instrumentation and brutal percussion, expanding Silver Cloak’s soundscape into a full-fledged artistic vision.

“Kyselina”, the EP’s opening track, is a spooky, almost entirely drumless number, beckoning the listener into a world of ominous synths, humanoid choirs, and gears turning in the midst of a tropical vegetation. “Waterfall” ramps things up, melding aquatic leads, thunderous toms, and thunderbolt percussion, an exercise in halting, stop-and-go progression.

The third track, “Kyoto”, enmeshes warm melodies in a structure of ricocheting snares and pummeling bass, insistent in its mechanic thrust. “Air Jordans” is rife with turntable scratches, Jersey club vocal samples, and a half-time breakdown that allows the listener a quick gasp of air before diving back in.

Then comes “Memory Foam”, wherein digital woodwinds are blasted by an unexpected kick drum and a barrage of clicks and clacks, followed by a deceptive silence. “IDONO” is Drippin’s only collaboration on the EP-fittingly with the UK’s young gunner, Neana. This number is a dizzying, hypnotic, evolving spin on traditional ghetto house tropes.

“Silver Cloak” closes the EP, succinctly summarizing the journey with an orchestral outro of metallic strikes and snapping percussion. The shrieking vocal samples and laserbeam synths recall a distant, dying battle, finally ending abruptly in steadfast clapping. It’s an appropriate conclusion to Drippin’s introduction, an applause for what’s to come from this young producer.