The Field "The Little Heart Beats So Fast"

In case you haven’t heard, Kompakt (you know, the label whose CD tracklistings inevitably show up in iTunes IN ALL CAPS) is back, with two stone-cold instant micro-classics to be released this year, Gui Borratto’s Chromophobia and the Field’s debut full-length From Here We Go Sublime. Borratto’s “Beautiful Life” has been draining my iPod’s battery life for the past month-ish now, and I’ve subsequently turned to Sublime, or from there I’ve gone Sublime (or SUBLIME, you get the picture). The Field is, shock of all shocks, one dude (Axel Willner) from, shock of all shocks, one country (Sweden). Sublime is chilly, non-stop mini-propulsion, the sound of an intense dancefloor from the vantage point gained by hovering over it silently, watching it happen. The title “The Little Heart Beats So Fast” (mp3) is the perfect description for Willner’s M.O. on Sublime. The rhythms are intense but gentle, pulsing repetitively, slowly sliding into your unconscious and gaining your assent even though you’re not aware it’s happening. A clipped, harmless-sounding “uh” ticks like clockwork, like hearing sexy android lovemaking through your apartment ceiling (for reals), periodically (also clock-ish) allowing a serene, almost tender club track to take over, then recede.

Sublime drops on April 3. Pre-order here. FieldSpace here.