We enter the fresh year of 2018 with a new edition in our SoHaSo podcast series, this time inviting Dutch prodigy Bas Dobbelaer. Bas isn’t new to the scene but has been steadily working away on a characteristic sound and finding his own grooves to play, which is now definitely paying off. Bas sets out to find a special sentiment in his sets that fits that particular moment, alway trying to tell a story within his selected records. Those contain broken beats and odd time signatures all the way to trippier dance floor belters, but most of the records in his collection can be described as ‘rhythmic and atmospheric’.
Bas Dobbelaer has created just such a mix for us that fits his trademark style. Starting out with something that sounds like a field recording from a train station, the rhythmic patterns slowly emerge while ambient synth swirls fill the environment. Steadily drawing the listener in with more impactful, trippy and minimal beats. The first half of the mix sounds like it could be best experienced on one of those train rides where endless fields quickly appear and dissolve in the distance, away from your window seat. Don’t let it soothe you too much though, the tempo and intensity are picked up in the second half before softening the landing right before arriving. Wherever you are listening, we hope you can enjoy it just as much as that train ride!
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