Max Styler + Oscar L – Addiction / Yapper [Truesoul
Max Styler and Oscar L team up to release their already dancefloor-igniting two-tracker ‘Addiction/Yapper’ on Adam Beyer’s imprint Truesoul, out 6th September.
Oscar L, a veteran of Beyer’s Drumcode with ‘Again’ EP (2023), and of Truesoul including solo EP ‘Vulture’ (2022) and a collaboration with Dosem ‘Aircargo’ EP earlier this year, now brings his revered Techno/Tech-House chops to this collaboration with Californian Max Styler, a Beyer stable up-and-comer, whose ‘Main Stage/Indie Dance’ blend of house with dark Euro vibes has soared in the last two years on Experts Only Records and Diynamic.
‘We started this collaboration through Instagram. We have always had a shared love for each other’s music and we thought we would try and work on something together. Both records having been making big waves in our sets and we’re really excited for them to be out on Truesoul.’
‘Addiction’: straight in with spoken vocal mantra/manifesto – ‘We’ve got an addiction…to rave life’ over a driving beat, rattling drums, dark basslines of teeth-tingling, juddering notes rich in reverb, echo and hoover FX, while in the long central breakdown, synth chords build like approaching sirens heralding the mighty drop. Compelling and compulsive dance fuel.
‘Yapper’: the fast, powerhouse beat, ominously growling bass and stabby melody of deep reverb paired with high keening synth are joined by a pitch-shifted distorted vocal staccato babble which is strangely hooky, bringing a more alien, other-worldly feel.
‘We wanted to do something driving and groovy, with some subtle ‘techno flavor’. Oscar worked on the drums and basslines which he smashed and I finalized working with the vocals and structure. After ‘Addiction’ was made very quickly we decided to work on something a bit more dubby. ‘Yapper’ balances out the vibe perfectly with less vocal and more groove.’
