ALEC BERLIN
Beat Confabulator (All Night on the Floor)
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Alec Berlin never fails to impress and this time is no different. His latest single, ‘Beat Confabulator,’ is a jazzy, heavy, bluesy and futuristic guitar-based instrumental that takes funk seriously. Now that’s a complicated mouthful, but the single is simply delightful. Its rhythm comes from a deeply distorted guitar at first. A brighter axe swings over top, waving new lines of interstellar melody. It builds, shifts, and climbs. Just when you get comfy, bolt stop. Half-time, jazz. It smooths out. It gets to its feet and swings, clicking with one hand like a greaser. Comfy? Switch. Back to bluesy rock. Switch, country. Switch, flamenco. Switch…
Alec Berlin’s play style is eclectic. A jack of all trades and master of all of them too. He takes a through-line idea, in this instance the discussion of rhythm, and takes it as far as it can go. Splashes it with genre-defining sounds and makes a heck of a song out of it. ‘Beat Confabulator’ is blues for the future you. You can thank yourself later.
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