SD Laika
“Meshes”
That’s Harakari (out 4.28 on Tri Angle)
Don’t get it twisted. While the Wisconsin-based producer’s overwhelming work has been lumped into grime, this has about as much to do with grime as Lily Allen’s early singles did. I’d classify this somewhere between “slaughterhouse bop” and “thunderstorm step,” or as the perfect soundtrack to a night of running away from grain threshers. Suffice it to say, SD Laika (né Peter Runge) makes some pretty fucking unsettling tunes. But like all great unsettling art, there’s something strangely alluring it, and I’m fascinated to see what kind of portrait he manages to paint with a full LP.
