Textures - EP by DüllHaus

'Textures' is an ambient-dance EP that utilizes curated samples and synthetic instrumentation to manifest a dreamy and cinematic atmosphere drenched in rain. Using largely sample-based production, we spliced several of our favorite films and obscure television clippings from decades past with our own music to assemble the four songs within.

Review from Forthe.org May 2021 Bandcamp Picks:

"In their first release of 2021, Long Beach industrial/post-punk duo DüllHaus shares what may be their most inspired output to date. Titled Textures, the four-track instrumental EP is a departure from their dark wave and post-punk roots; this time, the Clearwater brothers pull inspiration from the likes of early Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Burial, and Boards of Canada to offer a cinematic foray into largely sample-based production, rendering a collection of heart-stirring ambient-dance tracks that simultaneously feel existential and redemptive.

The opening track “UFO” begins with a short clip of an early 1970s interview with a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens. With the sustained chords of a string quartet anchored by an old-school analog drumbeat, the dampened atmosphere shifts into one of extraterrestrial beauty, an invitation inward onto our personal UFOs that take us into a deeper realm of being. In “Irithyll,” heavy textures of rain and vinyl flood the atmosphere as languid synth pads and slow-paced melodies twist around a two-step UK garage beat — it’s a feeling of grace in purgatory.

“Insect Politics” is full abduction mode, with acid synth lines and a high-energy drum machine sequence playing seesaw with tension; and the closing track “Oort Cloud” offers a slow-burning meditation on mortality as an ode to their aging grandmother. The outro — a sample of The Platters’ “Only You” — is the perfect bow to tie this gift of an EP altogether."

-EK (forthe.org editor)

DüllHaus is an experimental Industrial/post-punk duo from Los Angeles, CA. Formed by brothers James and Quinn Clearwater in 2018. James and Quinn carefully craft ethereal, cathartic and dark soundscapes using analog synthesizers, samplers, drum machines and guitars, fronted by singer James' poetic and surreal lyricism and gorgeous harmonies.

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