EP: Holly Herndon- Chorus

Electronic music moves fast, and people are already moving decidedly away from the silky smooth beats of last year's Deep House mania. Holly Herndon's Chorus EP (although it's more a 12" single given it features only two songs) is a prime example of this; the crisp, clean aesthetics of Herndon's vocal sampling places it well in the 21st century electronic trend, but the instantly disorienting choppy electronics sound timelessly outsider.

More Steve Reich than Fat Boy Slim, the title track twists vocal samplings round nervous beats. The result is a glitchy, warped groove that's dizzyingly addictive. B-Side Solo Voice is a subtler affair; fading beats zone in and out creating the sense that one is constantly on the edge of something. Anyone that's spoke to a fan of electronic music will undoubtably have heard the one hour lecture telling you "It's all about the drop!" so it's an edgy move, creating an electronic song that deliberately lingers on the edge of the infamous "drop". Fortunately for the San Francisco based music student, it's one that, like the rest of her Chorus EP experiments, ultimately pays off. A must listen for anyone wanting something that sounds new, Ezra Pound would be happy.

Chorus EP is out now on Vinyl and Digital Download from RVNG