Ooberfuse
Independent electronic artists are changing the way that we appreciate music in 2019, and in the UK, the exciting pop pair ooberfuse are among those leading the charge in this thrilling movement of melodies with their new EP, Call My Name, and the five fascinating remixes of its title track. Ooberfuse employ a bevy of different techniques here, but in every instance that they exhibit their sonic wares to us through “Call My Name,” they make sure to place their unequalled harmonies at the center of our attentions – including in the music video for this razor-sharp pop song.
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There’s so much more emotion in this composition than there is in the typical club-oriented material that has been charting well this summer, and it doesn’t originate from the vocal track alone. The “Hal St John Radio Edit” of “Call My Name” eliminates pretty much all of the electronica components from the master mix, leaving us with the soft serenade and a gentle guitar picking that isn’t nearly as enveloping as the wall of noise that we hear in “The Noise” remix is, but even in this situation, every part within the instrumentation is contributing to the mood of the music, and thus making the narrative in the lyrics unique to the particular mix that we’re hearing it in.
The “Push The Frequency Festival Mix” is a lot like Hal St John’s radio edit but with just a dash more experimentation in regards to the relationship between the vocal and the bassline, which in this scenario is more torrid than it is smooth.
This cut, as with the “Patrik Kambo Radio Edit,” feels like more of an eclectic jam session behind the glass than it does a carefully constructed pop single, and that could be why I’ve found myself more enamored with its intricacies than I am with the more elementary mixes here.
No review of Call My Name would be complete without talking about “The Noise” remix, which in my opinion is the biggest reason to acquire its parent record this July. There’s a tension in this track that follows us wherever we go, staying present in the air around us even when the EP has stopped spinning, and it’s something that I desperately want to hear more of in the next ooberfuse studio effort. Honestly, I think they could make an entire LP out of trance-like mixes like this one and gain the kind of respect that artists like Calvin Harris enjoy around the globe. It’s a chilling style, and what’s more is that it’s as original as they come.
If you haven’t already taken the time out to do so, I highly recommend getting a look at ooberfuse’s music video for “Call My Name” as well as the band’s recent extended play of remixes. The EP is a good starter set for listeners who have never heard the music of ooberfuse before, but even if you’ve been listening to their steady ascent through the British indie hierarchy over the last five years, I would tell you to pick up this astounding new record just the same.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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Trace Whittaker
8/2019
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