Drowned by Locals hits it out of the park again with another deliciously chaotic release of jumbly rumbly sound collages. Lucien Balconi (Strasbourg, France) serves up a hectic but refined blend of boisterous samples, complex beats, and intriguing melodies featuring hand-crafted instruments. Influences span nature field recordings, videogame soundtracks, Sonidero culture, cartoons, and Southern trap. Check it out.

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RIYL: Hype Williams, Negativland, Giant Claw, James Ferraro, Ssaliva, Doon Kanda
TRY: 2, 3, 7, 1

(*1.) (1:45) Lazer beam pulses, bongos, lots of cartoonish samples, sirens, fuzzed out guitars, frenzied laughing from anime characters, etc all thrown into a gyrating beat
(*2.) (2:15) Chopped up chipmunk vocals and a hand-drum and cello-led beat. Sampled ad libs from Lil Jon and Three 6 mafia. Heavy sonidero influences/samples throughout
(*3.) (2:56) Gyrating, churning cumbia with foundsounds and phaser effects
(4.) (4:05) Serene strummed guitars with buzzy noises
(5.) (3:55) A groggy beat, long pulses of synth, frog noises, water splashes, sound effects taken from a samurai movie (?), violins, fuzzy electric guitar
(6.) (1:45) Chipper 8-bit sounding melodies, hand-drums, washes of static, strange squelching noises, sinister movie snippet “this place needs some decoration…with blood”
(*7.) (7:50) Epic, longform, and droney. Lonesome melodica, ambient guitar, occasionally punctuated by movie clips and walkie talkie chirps. Last 20 seconds are very quiet