#2742 - Oddisee - The Odd Tape

A tidy blend of sampled and live - the instruments bristle with jazzy inflection, but they're all looped out in such patient patterns that it escapes the jazz-hip-hop trap. You can almost see the band, all brushy drums and breathy reeds, skipping in place at Oddisee's whim, riding every highlight into Squarepusher skitteriness, Daedelus dreamscapes, and coffeeshop-ready headbobbery (I say only half backhandedly) 3.5/5