Sean La'Brooy is an Australian producer and composer currently based in New York, who's work traverses ambient, jazz and house music. He is the co-founder of Australian ambient label Analogue Attic Recordings. With this release, La'Brooy has hooked up with the Scissor and Thread label to put out Merchant -- five dreamy and versatile tracks featuring his distinct style of harmonically complex pads mixed with jazz-influenced instrumental melodies and solos. "Snow Storm" starts the journey, coupling field recordings with snippets of gentle jazz lines and wandering percussion. "Cargo" is the most dancefloor-oriented of the release, and locks into a driving groove early on, featuring various synth and piano fragments to add and flow through the track. "Pilot" is a track that also finds an off-kilter groove, embellished with dubbed-out percussion by fellow Australian Joseph Batrouney and samples. "Storage" too features a guest -- New York based drummer Leo Yucht -- who delivers a rolling breakbeat which is intertwined with live percussion, airy pads and snippets of piano to build a rich atmosphere. The closing piece is "Helipad," a dubby bassline providing the anchor for an intricate rhythm of bongos and synth to support a light-as-a-feather melody.
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