Matthewdavid - Time Flying Beats (2018)

Leaving Records’ head honcho Matthewdavid tips out a few years worth of cracked, sun-dazed hip hop, jungle and freaked grooves on Time Flying Beats - the Julia Holter and Flying Lotus-collaborator’s 1st serving since A Meditation On Events in 2016.

It’s a sterling dose of psychedelic West Coast styles meets rugged trap and Deep South sensibilities, working in and around the Low End Theory sound with a polychromatic, distorted flux of Memphis rap knocks, DJ Screw-like gangsta vibes and top40 trap bangs smartly messed up by properly lysergic electronic processing.

In a similar way to, say, Black Zone Myth Chant or even SKRS International, Matthewdavid really fxcks wi the format while somehow remaining true to its original intent, resulting some great work in his Steve Miller Band-gone-footwork freak Slipppin’, on his meter-messing shelter skelter Millenial Midnight, the Thriller-esque warped boogie slammer Flow With The Go, and his killer sunset mission Contemporary, but you’re advised to indulge this one whole, or even better with something stinky and green.