LOIF (DJ & LIVE)
Labels: Animalia, Steeple Jack, Amniote Editions, Ute, Faciendo, Space Trax, Companion …
LOIF works at the vanguard of the new Naarm/Melbourne sound. Through meticulously detailed production, raucous DJing, and boundary-pushing live sets, LOIF dissolves genre boundaries to spawn a shapeshifting sonic organism that is entirely his own.
LOIF’s productions arrive on a broad set of labels - including Animalia, Ute.Rec, Amniote Editions, INDEX Records, Pressure Dome - a reflection of the broad set of influences he draws from. His tracks strike a delicate balance between cold accents and warm basslines; humid atmospherics and slicing, sci-fi synthesis; introspection and propulsive momentum; and tones that reflect both the natural and the digital. It’s all threaded together with his incredible ear and technical skill for sound design, each aural element constantly undulating with fluid textural shifts. Organic motifs are bent through a prism and fractalized into new forms.
LOIF’s DJing carries the dynamic energy of his production straight to the dancefloor, complementing his world of vibrant psychedelia with even more viscerality and groove. He hurtles through deep psy, mutant bass, jittery breaks, tekky dubstep, and beyond with a commanding control of timing, dynamics and groove, steering dancers through a sonic vortex with breakneck precision. It’s a thrilling, high-drama style that is both full of big emotional payoffs with careful pacing and enough patience to make it all feel earned. The Naarm/Melbourne-based artist’s tendrils have rapidly expanded outwards over the past 3 years, shifting from his existing position as a leading light in the local scene to an emerging global name. With recent and upcoming appearances at tastemaker festivals (including Pe:rsona (FR), Dekmantel Selectors (HR) and Dripping (US)), LOIF’s psy-spiked idiosyncratic sound is one to closely watch.