On 2012’s I Love You, the dub influences behind Jason Urick’s electronic soundscapes came to the fore, and the result was his best work to date. His newest full-length, a tape called The Day on Swedish label Oma333, was recorded right after he finished I Love You, and finds him still fully enamored of dub’s hypnotic repetition. All kinds of sound pass through his burbling mix, but a mesmerizing sway sits at the core of every track.-=-=-=-
On "Whoever You Are", Urick starts by burying a bass-drum cycle beneath digital shimmer. It’s not long before that loop rises to the top, accompanied by a woozy, processed vocal. The song maintains a dreamy, underwater quality, as sounds reflect off each other into an ever-lengthening hall of mirrors. But nothing is ever too far under the surface. It’s fun to get swept up in the foam of Urick's noises, but his undercurrent of dubby melody has the greatest pull.
