Dylan Cameron gives listeners just enough to desire more. Son of celebrated Austin psych veteran Lisa Cameron (Roky Erickson, the Lotions, Glass Eye, Squat Thrust) and an in-house producer for local electro imprint Holodeck, he furthers his forefathers’ groundwork with homegrown, digital-age lineage. On the lithe, muscular Infinite Floor, his full-length debut, the cosmic crunch (and semi-deception) of jungle opener “Nebula” serves as a palate cleanser to the nth degree, a nearly audible crossover at an event horizon. Flipped over into dub techno/house/2-step, “Misted Road” delivers night-drive atmospherics over house rhythms and beats. Throughout, Cameron completely eschews a normalized tendency to seamlessly blend everything heard, to make every sound sit just so. Specifically the case on “Difficult Floor” and the title track, Cameron employs hip-hop sensibilities, mashing up instead of intricate layering – similar to Brazilian producer Amon Tobin’s lower-key productions. Ready-made for the club (“In Pain”) as it marches forward on a bass-thumping sweep (“The Human Condition”), Infinite Floor works an exacting “to-the-pointedness” as it clocks in at roughly 30 minutes. Ethereal heft adds necessary warmth and intimacy.
This article appears in September 16 • 2016.
