Dream On

Brooklyn-based producer (and Mi Ami member) Daniel Martin-McCormick's second Ital album of 2012 exploits the fine line between repetition as groove and repetition as unnerving tic. Dream On is head music that worries the body.

This is Ital's second release on Mu this year, a follow-up to the understated but intriguing Hive Mind. On Dream On, Ital leads us firmly in the direction of the dancefloor. Opener Despot uses pitch-bent synths, chopped 808 kicks and vocal stabs to create the aura of a classic dance track, half Chi-house and half proto-Detroit techno. Boi is more minimal, with filtered vocal samples riding a beat that borrows from both footwork, juke and house.