In Transit

If you thought Dave Huismans’ (𝙖𝙠𝙖 𝟮𝟱𝟲𝟮, 𝙖𝙠𝙖 𝘼 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙐𝙥 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙) recent return as ex_libris was good, his new, 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙗 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙨 𝙅𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨’ FELT label under the "In Transit" alias is another leap up, giving wings to nearly 40 mins of the finest shine-eyed downbeat pressure this side of NWAQ/154, Studio Pankow, Civilistjävel! or Rod Modell - 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨.

In Transit sees Huismans go one step deeper down the rabbit hole he entered as ex_libris a few months ago. Like that project, it finally sees light of day after many years marinading in folders he would return to irregularly as a sort of meditative practice, dusting down loops and seeing how they connected after some dozen years hidden away in the archive.

When he finally got to unravelling them, they revealed a vibe that’s a far cry from his earliest work, and although sharing a slower, hazier aesthetic with ex_libris, he would logically push that sound deep into a sort of subconscious hypnagogia guided by sixth senses and shorn of any urgent, rhythmic impulses. The result is hugely absorbing - deep without losing momentum, winding down different paths that feel engaging rather than forgettable.

At a rested heart rate the tracks swim on the imagination from distant, sonorous clanks and whispered chords in ‘A.33’, thru the tongue-tip thizz and searching tendrils of ‘A.2829’, to the subaquatic jazz sway of ‘A.18’, gently surfacing for air in the blissed iridescence of an ‘A.25’ shades away from NWAQ’s ‘Dead Bears’ vibes shared with the crystalline synth motifs of ‘A.19’, and vaporised to exquisite effect in ‘A.3132.’

Special one.