Rising collective Antics & Collectables return with a brand new track ‘Drive/Home/Drum/Crash’, lifted from the upcoming EP due in 2023.
Led by producer, composer, sound designer Alfonso De Grandis, ‘Drive/Home/Drum/Crash’ features regular collaborator East Sussex singer-songwriter Sam Mitchell and will be accompanied by stunning visuals crafted by acclaimed filmmaker and collective member Antonio Cola. Drawing on a myriad of
influences from left-field electronica, IDM, funk, soul and jazz, the intricate soundscapes fuse seamlessly over Sam’s ethereal vocal delivery and Mikayl Dawood’s inspired production and guitar work.
Alfonso explains: “Drive/Home/Drum/Crash is an hypnotic solitary car journey. It’s a drive through states consciousness of an altered state of mind. The synth-based track has an electronic backbone, a disorientating synthetic drum beat that drives us until we lose the sense of direction.” Sam adds: “An important element is the ‘machine’…and how incapable it makes us. Yet we think we are in control of it. The car is the epitome for it.”
It started as an electronic improvisation by Alfonso De Grandis to which Sam added the lyrics and vocals. Additional production and guitars by the multi-instrumentalist and producer, Mikayl Dawood came at a later time at Urchin Studios in East London. The last minute of the track is a gem of electronic jazz that drifts into cinematic darkness.
“Drive pushing yourself to crash and crashing to awaken from a deep state of numb control. Break the wall of consciousness to step into the pool of irrational logics, driven by altered oxymoron. Static run, screaming silence, freezing fire, heavy air, noisy calm, dark lights, visible sound. Lights flickering like a drum beaten slowly in a cozy vision where everything is connected, everything is solely collective, everything is home.” – Antonio Cola
