Dream Static - Quaid (Apron Records)

Title: Dream Static

Artist: Quaid

Label: Apron Records

Cat Number: AC06

Genre: Downtempo/Urban Ambience/House

1: Mirage

2: Private Myths

3: 2Desire

4; Binary Starr

5: idreamtaboutyouagainlastnight

6: Dream Theme

7: Mystery feat. Shepherd

8: Latent Heat

9: Chimera Interlude feat. Shepherd

10: Uncanny Valley

11: Dinner With Angela

12: City Of Dreams

The direction followed by Apron Records is an interesting one. Like the previously reviewed ‘Joy Of Missing Out’ by Zopelar, this collection by Quaid documents a similar funk-fuelled diorama, but operates at a different pitch. It’s not as laid back, but that is a question of degree. The vignettes herein pass through the ears of the listener evoking transitory, kinetic feelings. There are recognizable fragments in the mix, such as the Public Enemy evoking siren in  ‘Binary Starr’ and the Ron Trent influenced swirl of ‘Latent Heat’. A pervasive eighties gloss holds sway on ‘Uncanny Valley’, ‘Mirage’, ‘Private Myths’ and ‘City Of Dreams’, accelerating on ‘Dinner With Angela’, while ‘Desire’ feels like something Onehotrix Point Never would have come up with under his Games guise a few years ago. Never less than engaging, this is a sophisticated collection of dissolute sonic facets to soundtrack these uncertain times.