February 10, 2023
Friskybeat Records
Casomado's new mix "I Feel So Lucky" is his first release since revamping his home studio and recording primarily on analogue gear. Inspired by the memories and musical influences of his fathers disco and funk collections, he explores this current sound with various new production techniques. The foundational loop is a sampled groove shaped with an array of percussive samples and 808 drums. The analogue bass lines are performed and recorded with varying styles of funk and acid. Extracting from another record, Casomado blends a vocal verse with a message to a new found love in his personal life, and his refashioning of his musical process. The "cosmic dub" explores Casomado's affinity for psychedelic music. Reimagining the original mix, he creates a landscape of texture and layered synthesis. With a spacey leaning drum foundation, building on layers and effects, this mix caters to a more spiritual listening journey, rather than a dance floor banger. An exciting addition to the EP are Luis Machuca's edit and Afro mix. The edit focuses on Machuca's favorite moments of the original mix, adding emphasis to the groove with a more house driven arrangement. Machuca's artistry stands out on the Afro mix in his reprogramming of the drums, including a nifty bongo pattern and crunchy snare. Sitting beneath the rhythmic saxophone cuts and sultry vocals is a lush new chord sequence which gives a whole new dimension and playfulness to the mix.