Planet E’s founder Carl Craig works as the architect for the restructuring of Audiofly’s ‘Excuse my Wildness’, debuted last week on Mixmag, Craig, a strict machine, assembles a moody sequence of ominous tautness, decentered atmospherics, and a progressive build. The track opens with icy synth stabs, and around the 2:50 mark, minimal kit percussion joins the 4 on the floor kick drum. Shakers and claps round off the rhythmic layers at 5 minutes.
The only narrative comes in at 6:30: “Hey, you. What’s your plan for tonight?†Forward and to the point, there’s enough information for intentions to be known. It lacks romance but remains nonetheless libidinously charged, and I would know as part of my review was conducted with a bottle and a half of pinot noir, seriously negotiating the logistics of visiting another country to ask someone what her ‘plans’ were for the rest of the evening after hearing a DJ we’re both into. Yes, the wildness, please excuse it.
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