Edamame

"POSTURING LO-FI ATMOSPHERICS AT THE SIDE OF SILKY SMOOTH CRIMSON BEATS, SINGING SYNTHS, AND VERGING ALMOST NEW AGE IN SOME BREATHS, CHICAGO INSTRUMENTALIST EDAMAME FALLS GENRE-LESS ON THE EARS AND DELIGHTFULLY SO. MORE OF AN ORGANIC EXPERIENCE THAN EMOTION-PROVOKING, THIS BEATMASTER INVITES HIS LISTENERS ON A BRAINWAVE JOYRIDE.

SOLID INSTRUMENTAL HIP-HOP OR LOUNGE (OR ANY OTHER WINE-DRIPPING, DARK-HUED GENRE) SPARKS THE SAME EFFECT THAT RALPH ELLISON SO ELOQUENTLY DESCRIBES IN THE PROLOGUE OF HIS BOOK, INVISIBLE MAN:
A SURREAL, MIND-ALTERING EXPERIENCE–TRACKING DEEP AND DEEPER STILL INTO THE BLUE, PURPLE VELVET OF THE UNDERGROUND THAT’S SMOKE-HAZED AND HYPNAGOGIC.

THOUGH ELLISON REFERENCED A LOUIS ARMSTRONG TRACK, THE EFFECT IS THE SAME. A LUSH LISTEN, EDAMAME CHURNS OUT WARM TUNEAGE TO WRAP THE BODY IN."

- 303 MAGAZINE