Mystic Pete - BassPop EP
- Written by Julia Lamb
Today’s serving of the weird and wonderful comes in the form of Mystic Pete, the man fusing EDM and world music into a sound that follows no rules. Hailing from Los Angeles, Mystic Pete’s music is imbued with a zealous sense of vitality and spontaneity, bound to no restrictions other than his own creative urges.
Mystic Pete’s latest record is BassPop. The five-track EP is as bold as it is listenable, a hard feat to achieve in the realm of experimental music. While these songs are poppy enough to crawl under your skin with their infectious melodies, Mystic Pete leaves predictability at the door with this EP and instead finds a sound that’s cleverly crafted and wholly individual.
Opening the record on an eerie note, ‘Halloween Night’ takes Eastern yogic ideas and pairs them with a bass-heavy beat. Mystic Pete manages to sprinkle the track with generous portions of experimentation without forfeiting accessibility; all the quirky EDM sounds in this song are placed in the exact right moments with tastefulness at the fore. ‘Bad Kill’ rides out the eerie vibe of ‘Halloween Night’, while ‘Goodbye’ is the closest to “normal” pop that Mystic Pete gets on the record. There are sugar coated melodies aplenty on ‘Name It’, which throws violins into its synth-pop mix before ‘The Lovers’ closes the EP with the tropical sounds of simulated steel drums.
BassPop brings world music into an accessible setting of pop and EDM. Being as catchy as it is, proves that Mystic Pete is onto something special.