SASA is the project of Orlando based DJ/Producer Stereo 77. Trading his usual style of heavy Afro-Caribbean inspired beats & breaks, for a minimal and vividly romantic sound inspired by a love for the flamenco and guitar driven fusion jazz of the 70s, and ambient compositions - mixed with personal field recordings from various cities, and a variety of live instrumentation.
Beat-wise, SASA delivers a sound influenced by the rhythms of dusty trip-hop and folktronica, interweaved with hints of 90s era bass music, soulful tropical beats, and cinematic ambience.
A combination sure to interest fans of Gotan Project, Federico Aubele, and the melancholic cut and paste aesthetics of an early Broadway Project.
The Separation EP kicks opens with the track 'Spin Around', featuring chops and loops of classical guitar, a 90s Miami bass inspired beat and bassline, with hypnotic and soothing vocals and Rhodes piano.
'Separación (SA2)' continues in similar fashion, offering blankets of hypnotic, ghostly vocals, looped & chopped classical guitar, driven by a moombahton inspired beat.
Bringing the Separation EP to a close is 'Yes They Can (Say Love)'. As the most ambient of all four tracks in the collection, 'Yes They Can (Say Love)' is an embracing - dreamlike trip, built on a foundation of manipulated & layered sounds from vinyl records, warm synths and pads, live bass hits, with additional production by longtime friend and secret weapon on Filtered Deluxe Recordings, Jorge Collazo.
RIYL: Gotan Project, Federico Aubele, Broadway Project, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Trip Hop, Folktronica
credits
released August 7, 2020
Written and Produced by SASA
Mastered at Filtered Deluxe Recordings
Original Photo by Alejandro RamÃrez
Design by Bryan Covet
