On the title track of London-based producer Tom VR’s latest album, Don’t Know How Fast I’m Moving Until I Hit Something, shifting layers of fragmented samples and synthetic textures coalesce around a driving kick and bassline as tension builds and builds, gradually rising towards what feels like a stratospheric climax.
Just as the track reaches its peak, though, the kick falls away, opening up a gulf of negative space. A shimmering synth line fades in and the song switches gears, its pulsing techno making way for something more spacious, melodic and strange, the 4/4 kick swapped for skittering percussion and warped vocals.
