Logic1000 - You've Got the Whole Night to Go

January 22, 2021 - THERAPY

The gap narrows for Logic1000 releases as Samantha Poulter is back with new material only a few months from September’s Perfume/Blossom EP. You’ve Got the Whole Night to Go sees the Australian-born Berliner return to the party she started to stoke the flames of our collective dance-less imaginations into a longing for the future to become the present. 

‘Like My Way’ kicks things off dark and dirty, a grumpy bassline chugging to life like a machine that has laid dormant the past several months. The dust is quickly shaken off as percussion, sampled vocals, and melody emerge in time with the lifeforce of the bass machine. Poulter keeps these elements in a light flux, never letting any one element take too much time in focus. Instead she spreads everything in a Gaussian haze, creating suspense and reminding us of what we think we want.

Poulter takes what we think we want and throws it against the wall; like a water balloon filled with liquid night, the ambient light dims as neon lights sparkle into view. ‘I Won’t Forget’ ushers us through this endless cityscape, dark but not gloomy, deep but not overwhelming. A melodic line forged in the 80s and tempered by the 90s emerges from the center of the track, led by a fleeting but urgent vocal sample. Poulter has once again reached near timeless perfection with this piece: memories of the past flow effortlessly through hopes of the future while remaining firmly rooted in the sentiments of the present.

‘Medium’ takes the ebb and flow of tension from the first two tracks and replaces it with a more straightforward structure. A broody but bouncy bassline lays a foundation of starched rhythm for playful chopped synth lines and vocal snippets to rise up like champagne bubbles, popping with crisp effervescence. The track rides these bubbles to the top, building up the emotions and preparing the nerves.

The EP rounds off with ‘Her,’ a slight departure from the pre-party night-city narrative, throwing us into the throws of an acid-tinted, electro-seasoned dancefloor. But it keeps its distance, more like the echo of an acid-tinted, electro-seasoned dancefloor than a currently operational acid-tinted, electro-seasoned dancefloor. The edges of the synth lines are rounded off, softened just enough to give space for the rest of the pieces of the piece to get to know each other a little more intimately. A few moments of manic melodic ping-pong delays work to build a darker atmosphere, but Poulter keeps things contained before any one part can really go off the deep end. 

As with her previous EP, Poulter is working hard to keep the party alive and well in our hearts and heads. We will follow the signposts she leaves as we journey from this year of solitude into the new beginnings of togetherness and directly shared dance experiences. 🍍