HAAi 'Can't Stand To Lose' on MUTE

This is a record that reveals itself slowly. The ATRIP remix of HAAi's 'Can't Stand To Lose' arrives on MUTE with a spare, patient architecture, and in its 105 BPM pulse there is room to breathe. The percussion does far more work than the harmony, carrying the momentum with a lean, almost skeletal drum figure that locks the groove into place. Modest in level, the peaks sit a long way clear of the ceiling, and the track never pushes for attention; it simply lets its textures settle into the room.

It is a different kind of energy, one that asks for the listener's patience rather than their immediate surrender. The result is a record that works in the background as much as it does at the front, with a low end that has weight without being heavy and a top end that never feels sharp or forced.