In "Hidden Doors," samwooddoowmas invites listeners beyond the threshold of what is to be expected and into a world constructed from the hum, click, and echo of a singular malfunctioning electronic door. The song found on the upcoming LP "Beat" stands as proof that the artist continues to be captivated by crafting living, breathing music from sounds no one else would give a second thought to.
"Hidden Doors", from its very first beat, is at once mechanical but also deeply human. The beat almost sounds like it creaks open like the door. That creaking sound returns with every electric trim of the loop, and it's a sample that each slice morphs into a melody. What was an annoying bug becomes the pulse of an engaging terrain.
Although samwooddoowmas's method recording, sampling, and resampling field recordings betrays an obsessive focus on texture, static, hum, and resonance fold into each other in layers to form a soundscape that is somehow both intimate and vast. It's the sort of track that makes you lean in, straining to capture the subtleties hiding within the beats. "Hidden Doors" flouts your expectations and tests your patience, rewarding curiosity more than rule following. It's less a song to sing along with and more an environment to inhabit a sound sculpture that mutates with every listen.
"Hidden Doors" provides a fascinating glimpse into samwooddoowmas' shifting soundscape. It's evidence, again, that beauty can lie in the static, and that even the most shattered sounds may open entirely new territories if you listen hard enough.
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