Based out of Chicago, Illinois, Jack Jamison explores a vast musical terrain through his Relativity Lounge project. With tracks dipping into steady-beat shuffles, broken-beat rhythms, and swelling soundscapes, he’s positioned himself as a jack-of-all-trades producer, but not without distinct characteristics; his catalog exists somewhere in the murky nexus of bass music production and mottled, lo-fi textures. Furthering his descent into that sublimated rabbit hole, he’s channeled his most recent lab experiments through The Great Magnet music label, culminating in the Defect EP.

A marriage of precision synthesis and washy atmospheres, the Defect EP ‘s jaunty grooves make it astoundingly difficult to remain stationary once it’s frequencies start pumping out of some proper speaker cones. The sample play and synth slicing within the arrangement of the tracks is designed for one primary function; cycloidal head nodding. Be it the glitchy lullaby of “Palpate”, or the subtle, melodious meandering in “Axiom”, the overarching theme remains firmly intact across the EP, with a particular focus on pocketed percussion arrangements; the drum programming and tilted swings in the rhythm section of every track drive the entire release with more than enough horsepower to go toe to toe with more traditionally aggressive bass music formats. It’s a distinct package served in a palatable format that couldn’t possibly go down any smoother.

Relativity Lounge has steadily brought himself to a point of compositional swagger, and it pays off tremendously. The release of the Defect EP showcases a clear evolution of his personal sound design and musicianship, and it’s left us both mollified and curious for more. Whatever format his next productions choose to take on, we’re confident that Relativity Lounge will continue to push the envelope in novel, tasteful directions.

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