Lully's new single "Sans Chapeau" finds the perfect mix of bizarre and beautiful

30 November 2016, 10:27 | Written by Jake Hawkes

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Electronic producer and pop abstractionist Lully has dropped his second track “Sans Chapeau”, and it’s just as esoteric as you’d expect from somebody who named themselves after a 17th century French composer that died because he refused to stop dancing.

“Sans Chapeau”, released on London label Aesop, is a mixture of distorted synths and slap bass complemented by samples that sound like somebody throwing a collection of household objects down the stairs, but it somehow all pulls together to create a coherent and almost hypnotic sound. There’s something about the Lully’s music that’s reminiscent of a fairground funhouse, with each layer both intriguing and bewildering in its own unique way. There’s even the creak of a closing door at the end of the track, a signal that you’re about to leave the inside of Lully’s brain and re-enter the real world.

Lully’s debut track “Slow D’s” was one of Annie Mac’s New Names and entered the UK Viral chart at #11, and his latest offering is just as good, if not better.