South Atoms 'Persea' on all day I dream in waves

There is a moment on 'Persea' where the drums fall back and the harmony steps out in front of the mix and, for a few seconds, everything that the track has built to feels like it could resolve into a single bright chord. That moment comes more than once, and each time it restates why South Atoms' release on All Day I Dream has been doing the rounds since its release in May. The vocals are wordless, and they thread through the arrangement as texture.

The track's sense of space is what makes it. The percussion is busy, shakers, small hand drums, a tight kick, but the mix stays restrained, keeping its headroom so that the detail never feels cluttered. The top end is bright without being brittle, and the bass is low and round. It all moves at 118 BPM, a pace that lets the groove breathe.

Lost Desert placed it second in his My Time With You chart on 13 June, and on 13 July he plays at Cova Santa in Ibiza as part of All Day I Dream Of Ibiza Magic, sharing the bill with Lee Burridge, Sebastien Leger, Matthew Dekay and Jim Rider. With 'Persea' a part of that season's soundtrack, the record's subtle tension and release continues to find new rooms.