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Photo credit score: Across Boundaries – Official
Across Boundaries, the collaborative mission of Chris Stussy and Locklead, return to Up The Stuss with their most complete physique of labor so far. Titled ‘Sakura’, the EP arrives as a 2×12” eight-tracker exploring natural textures and complicated grooves formed throughout studio retreats within the Dutch wilderness.
Following earlier outings ‘Sense Of Future’ (2023) and ‘Synergy’ (2024), the duo now expands their sonic language with a mission that displays each inventive maturity and their rising confidence as collaborators. Conceived throughout weekend-long recording classes in distant pure environment, ‘Sakura’ captures the ambiance of the forest, mixing introspection and precision with a transparent deal with the dancefloor.
Opening minimize ‘Sakura’ units the tone with a hypnotic move that blossoms right into a layered, emotive panorama. ‘The Funktion’ follows with its tunnelling drive, whereas ‘A Love Letter…’ reveals a extra subdued, hazy dimension. The vitality lifts once more with ‘Da Resurrection’, providing one other shift in tone because the EP evolves. Each observe builds on the final, threading melody and rhythm right into a seamless arc.
For Stussy and Locklead, longtime buddies and collaborators, ‘Sakura’ represents not only a sonic assertion, however a private one. The mission reveals an intuitive inventive language solid by means of time, belief, and shared imaginative and prescient—the place concepts emerge freely and the boundaries of their sound broaden with goal.
Listen to ‘Sakura’ beneath and seize your copy right here.
