“Masked electronic producer SBTRKT came up in the 2010s, pioneering the enthusiastic cross-pollinations and collaborations that power pop today. Sampha and Jessie Ware were just two voices that benefited from this versatile London composer’s leg-up. New Dorp, New York (2014), with Ezra Koenig, still sounds cutting-edge now. Six years on from 2016’s Save Yourself, SBTRKT is now openly using his rea”
“The Rat Road is SBTRKT’s creative vision fully realised”
“On his first album in seven years, the UK producer embraces chaos: ten guests, 22 tracks, countless genres. Yet it can sometimes be hard to locate SBTRKT’s musical identity amid all the commotion.”
“Genuine anonymity is hard-won in today’s always-on world, driven as it is by an unstinting churn of self-promotion and oversharing, which makes SBTRKT’s decision to jettison his ahead of this long-awaited return all the more beguiling, like watching somebody eschew a place in the witness protection programme. If you’re able to make your art from the shadows, unencumbered by the cross-examination o”
