It's honey for my soul when I can't put a genre tag to a song.
The new single of Ben Laxton on Stereofox Records will blow you away with its fusion of downtempo, electronica, jazz & soul. It's together with London’s famed jazz composer Hemai (worked with Quinn Oulton, Oscar Jerome) & French guitarist NSHKO.
“With the three of us being producers and instrumentalists everything happened so quickly. We know very clearly what our strong points as producers are so Hemai set about processing drums, NSHKO was on guitars, I was on the Rhodes and vocals and all of us created the fx and textures that put the track into the universe we were looking for,” Ben explains.
The song features melancholic vocals, drums switching between UKG & house, and trippy keys & guitars. It explores the theme of addiction as a means to run away from life’s problems. Laxton elaborates:
“We spent a while chatting during our sound exploration and stumbled upon a narrative for the track and the story became kind of dark. It follows someone who is struggling to deal with problems in their life. Someone who hides behind addictions in an attempt to escape from their daily life. This is unfortunately all too common reality and something each of us has seen happen to people we knew.”
Make sure to stream/buy it here.
The song comes with a head-spinning music video, too.
Mugs, t-shirts,
hoodies, vinyls & more.
