Mister Water Wet - Top Natural Drum

Soda Gong

£23.38

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: SODA011LP
Release Date: 28 Oct 2022
Genre: Ambient/Drone

A1. Soak
A2. A Whisper Won't Scale A Wall
A3. Caged At Last
A4. Frass
A5. Classicfit
B1. Little Karoo
B2. Gossamer Hints Softly Spun
B3. Always And In All Ways (High)
B4. Bust At The Derby
B5. Coroner Kent (Theme)

Following releases on West Mineral and Lillerne Tapes, Iggy Romeu’s inimitable Mister Water Wet project makes its Soda Gong debut. “Top Natural Drum” feels like a double entendre ode to digging culture, drawing equally from the plantlife in the dirt and the grooves in the stacks. Tracks like opener “Soak” concoct a haze of resonant ceramic/wooden percs, skittering drum programming, and addictive yet diffuse melodic and harmonic textures. Dusty-fingered nodders like “Caged at Last”, “Classicfit,” and “Gossamer Hits Softly Spun” harken back to the glory days of instrumental hiphop and downtempo, sounding a bit like transmissions from some lost Landspeed Records or Mo’ Wax comp, or like field recordings from the courtyard at Scribble Jam that have been infused with the slippery sonic signatures and sleights of hand that define MWW productions. What links these two distinctive tonal registers is a sort of lingering warmth – warmth like the saturation of natural dye or sunlight on a brisk, clear Midwestern autumn day.

Edition of 500 copies, die-cut sleeve, gloss laminate finish incl. download code

Written and produced by Iggy Romeu
Mastered by Kassian Troyer at D&M
Artwork by Felix Luke & Alex McCullough