Wolves and Wishes, Dosh
Naive opinion brands Dosh as white-boy experimental hip hop just because he sits on the Anticon roster. Sure, there are percussive leanings towards the genre on Wolves and Wishes (evident through air-tight breaks) but beyond this there's instrumental mastery and a nerd-like splicing together of encyclopaedic music knowledge and composition.
Years of bedroom seclusion - with nothing but instruments, pedals, loops, and samples for friends - has paid off for Dosh. On Wolves and Wishes, his attention is focused on two main components: arpeggio-rife Rhodes playing (putting that Vampire Weekend weed to shame); and drumming reminiscent of Greg Saunier's sporadic jazz thrashing. As one sound speaks up your ears patiently wait for its looped return, but it vanishes. These tiny epiphanies say a brief ‘hey, how's it go...' and are immediately replaced by something else, be it sax, harmonies, delay, fuzz, piano, strings or (the list goes on).
Like other engaging experimental music, whatever its origins, Wolves and Wishes is a winner because there's always a hint of sweet pop and melody. Dosh's ordered chaos is a little overwhelming at first, but it'll certainly get you dancing or listening in silent awe.
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart
Keywords: Hip Hop, Experimental, Pop
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