Long known for his work with Kristine Leschper and her band Mothers, Garrett Burke introduced his very-unrelated concept for Gloorp two years ago with the release of his dizzying self-titled debut album, which landed somewhere between industrial laser-show EDM and the glitchy, percussion-heavy soundbeds of a Death Grips album. Burke’s forthcoming follow-up Gloorp ’Em Up does just what it’s title promises, I assume, with the more streamlined influences of jungle and footwork. That latter inspiration is perhaps most evident in the record’s second single, “Smoggg.”
“After releasing my self-titled album in 2023, I wanted to make new drum-centric material to perform live, which was the catalyst for the music on this record,” Burke shares of the first track he recorded for the project, a chaotic blur of hip-hop indebted electronic percussion. “This track is more or less the first thing I came up with after combining some old modular recordings, 808 drum samples, and whatever my hands did on the drum pad when prompted with a 160 bpm click track.”
Arriving with the single is a music video created by Matt Lavine that showcases Burke’s hands doing plenty on a drum pad. Check it out below—and if you’re in Philly or NYC, you can catch Gloorp’s release shows on April 18 and 24, respectively. Find more info here.
