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J-E-T-S featuring Dawn Richard “Potions”

The keyboard tones in “Potions” feel slightly uncanny, like if flickering neon lights had a sound. The producers Jimmy Edgar and Machinedrum make the song feel spacious and chilly, like a large loft with over-aggressive air conditioning. It’s basically an R&B song built around a track that’s not too far removed from where Autechre was in the late ‘90s, so Dawn Richard’s fairly straightforward vocal feels a bit aloof if just for being in this context. The lust and emotional rawness is there, but it seems like she’s at a literal physical distance from the groove. I’m not sure if this is what anyone was going for, but she sounds like someone trying to put on a sexy pose and be engaging, but also protect their heart as much as possible.

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