The new Alex Medina release Malpais on Sum Over Histories is a deep dive into hypnotic, melodic house and techno that locks you in from the first hit.
Frankey & Sandrino have been running the label as a home for textured, heady sounds, and this one keeps that run going. Medina brings a rich sense of storytelling in the arrangement. Warm pads, complex percussion and slow-burning tension that pulls across four tracks, each one carefully built for the mind as much as the floor.
With support from Rodriguez Jr. Already picking it up, Malpais feels like one of those records that will keep showing up across the summer.
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