If your ears have been craving something that hits different — something that pulls you under and doesn’t let go — Los Pulpitos just delivered exactly that. Their debut album ‘TENTACLETEK’ is out now via Crammed Discs, and it’s the kind of release that makes you stop whatever you’re doing and just listen.
The brains behind this thing? Renowned producers Felipe Salmon (Dengue Dengue Dengue) and Dirk Leyers (Closer Musik / Africaine 808), joined by percussionist extraordinaire Eric “King” Owusu (Jembaa Groove / Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band / Ebo Taylor). That’s a lineup that speaks for itself.
Ten tracks deep, ‘TENTACLETEK’ is a masterclass in electronic production — structured but wild at heart. Think techno, UK dubby experimental bass, and Caribbean 3/4 disco polyrhythms all tangled up in the most satisfying way. From the jump, you’re wrapped in electro-acoustic sound tentacles that pull every dance floor across the seven seas into motion.
Need specifics? Mola Mola sweeps you into the Mississippi and drops you straight in Atlantis — body-melting, full stop. Lab Lab brings a deep, monstrous bass line that sounds like a spaceship going down in slow motion. ii ii ii rides cumbia-dancehall-drum-bass tension like a pro, while Squidler glides effortlessly down the Aquabahn. Sirens lures you in with broken-beat strings, Catfishy keeps you off-balance with slippery, syncopated footwork, Pannetronica overflows like an Abyssopelagial pool, and Enigmatiteuthis drops you headfirst into a bustling sonic fusion lab.
This is the debut? Yeah. We’re already hooked.
Tracklist
- Antennariidae
- Archipelago
- Pannetronica
- Catfishy
- Lablab
- Enigmatiteuthis
- Sirens
- Squidler
- ii ii ii
- Mola Mola
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