Baths, Fine Animal, Old Wave
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Los Angeles electronic composer Will Wiesenfeld makes some of the most subtly intense dance music out there. Baths’ 2014 EP Ocean Death, the follow-up to Wiesenfeld’s breakout record Obsidian, starts with the sound of crashing waves before fading to dark soundscapes reminiscent of the Drive soundtrack. The EP’s title track compounds anxious energy that bursts before returning to the lush recording of waves. It’s a song that combines Baths’ best qualities: the brooding anxiety of Ian Cohen-approved emo and simple, ambient techno that can leave a listener in an engaged stupor if they’re not already dancing. CAMERON CROWELL