Lo Recordings’ latest release explores the archives of Russian musician OID. The label have cherry-picked 7 shorter and 3 longer tracks that span 25 years of music making. Their choices touching on a variety of electronica sub-genres, while still demonstrating OID’s signature sound. “Ambite”, for example, is a cloud of warm, swirling vapour, while the music box ballerina melody of “Casket” moves to delicate, intricate, whizzing, and whirring IDM beats. “i-ph jz” mixes Morse Code signals with tumbling, swinging, jazz syncopation. “Fwell” is groovy, shuffling, whispered pop. 

“Sund Outlife” acts as a laidback, introspective sunset / sunrise moment. “One One One Conspiracy”, too, is a calming concoction. In this case, combining busy but gentle programmed gamelan patterns with soft, synthetic sighs. “Stoexp”, however, has its sights on the dance floor. A fidgeting house / footwork hybrid, dense with dubbed-out textures. “Prequel Of Permanent Departure” is also tail feather shaking techno, with a clicking, skipping kick and buzzing with little loops of grainy, glitched detail. 

“Orbitgarden” returns to the serene. A suite of sorts, the track travelling from a rushing stream of field recorded fresh water, plus perhaps rustling leaves, into clipped hypnotic gating and then trippy ringing. The final selection, “Rodn” is a striking, almost classical piano and violin piece. Aching, emotive, melancholic and cinematic, while wordless it seems to speak of resilience and resolve. Imparting a sense of loss, and yet the understanding that life goes on. 

OID’s “Friends Of Paradox” can be ordered directly from Lo Recordings.