The producer best known as Huerco S. accompanies One Day, our record of the year, with two hours of minimal and dub introspections.
This summer, Kansas-raised DJ and producer Brian Leeds released One Day under his revived Loidis alias. Enamoured with the restrained, loopy sounds of early '00s dance music, he's coined the sound—in typically teasing fashion—"dub mnml emo tech."
All winks aside, it’s no wonder One Day became the soothing balm we all needed. In a scene overwhelmed by hard and fast trends, the softer—and Leeds might argue, more sincere—stylings of minimal and dub techno enjoyed a welcome second wind. It's our favourite record of 2024 for a reason.
"The prevailing trends in dance music are more and more maximalist," Leeds noted. "I missed restraint, subtlety, and sensuality." RA.965 embodies that ethos in spades.
