Slikback: Attrition (Vinyl LP)

Slikback’s Attrition marks his first full-length album for Planet Mu, delivering an immersive melding of cinema and game sound design with tough dance music. It's like a sci-fi film for the ears, exploring a chain of events with dark atmospheres and dramatic pacing; trapdoors and jump scares for your ears. These contrasts and the dense painterly colour of his sounds give it a beastly beauty.

The album came to life during a period of transition, while waiting for a visa after recently moving to Poland from Kenya, where he grew up. With this unexpected pause in travel, Slikback found himself working at a slower, more deliberate pace. Writing for a label instead of self-releasing also introduced new dynamics, like feedback and structured release schedules. Rather than feeling restricted, he saw this process as a blessing.

In a happy and reflective headspace - newly married and welcoming a newborn child - he was able to fully develop his compositions. “I was finally able to explore ideas to a point where I didn’t feel the need to change anything,” he shares. Attrition is the result of that creative freedom.

1. Snow
2. Knot
3. Sekli
4. Guerrilla
5. Duality
6. Semblance Of Composure
7. Taped
8. Trars
9. Sheltered
10. Spend
11. Fracture