On their last EP, Agitations, Lotic moved away from the rhythmic, playful beats that defined the producer's early work, delving into fractured structures and barely-there melodies.
On their debut full-length, Lotic attempts to tighten that gap, releasing a batch of songs that seem unconcerned with classification or even signification. Over 11 tracks and 40 minutes, the Berlin-based musician seems sonically impulsive and guileless, freely melding sounds, structures and ideas, as "Hunted" finds slick R&B musings whispered under disintegrating thumps, while "Distribution of Care" sounds epic and deliberately wobbly at the same time.
But just when you've become contented with Lotic's brand of sound-blending, they drop a track like "Resilience," combining a jagged, difficult beat with an even more jagged, difficult melody while providing the listener with no real payoff other than a bent Broca's area. While the aptly-named "Fragility" seem to have no other purpose than to sound attractive and mysterious, "Nerve" follows it up with a warped hip-hop track that features a beat Kanye would murder for, while "Heart" takes a marching band rhythm and flips it into an unconventional ballad.
On Power, Lotic shows that there are no boundaries and no blueprint to their craft, both musically and conceptually.
