Vibert, Luke / We Hear You

Planet Mu

Luke Vibert is back with an album that defies expectations. We Hear You melds modes and effects with his trademark quick wit and deft skills for a solid, enjoyable full-length--one of his best to date. The songs here bend genre rules to suit Vibert's stylistic traits and his ear for idiosyncratic samples, sweetly strange melodies, big bass, and sloppy drums. Songs like "De-Pimp Act" connect the dots between Terry Riley, dubstep bass, and hip hop with the lightness of everyday occurrence; "Hot Sick" and "Square Footage" sound like Daft Punk's dreams distilled. In contrast, "Dive and Lie Wrecked" mixes scary bass with two-step drums and G-funk melody to create something much stranger than the sum of its parts. Vibert mines the best bits of the old school on "House Stabs," with its melodic diva vocals and tight, swinging drums. Perhaps if Vibert was from LA instead of Cornwall, people's perception of his work would be very different. Maybe if every album he made was as good as this one, that perception might change, too. Regardless, We Hear You definitely goes a long way to address any doubts that Vibert is a producer in a league of his own, making strange and brilliant music.

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