Do the names Sam Gill and Luke Neher sound familiar? They should – they were the duo behind the group Naysayer & Gilsun. ‘Ah’ you cry – because that was on the tip of your tongue… don’t worry, we believe you!
Despite having worked together before, Ara Koufax marks a new direction for the creatives with first cut ‘Converge’ distilled from a six-hour jam, slowly boiling down percussion loops and raw synth hooks into the foundation for the new project.
On the new track Ara Koufax climb dizzying euphoric heights through melodic noise and chaos. Distorted and ever intensifying drum sequences, soulful vocals and synth lines – it sounds like the gents have driven to a place where it’s summer and bought back the glimmers of warmth with them. It’s electronic layers and increasing tempo has been causing epiphanies around the office today, and a sudden realisation that no matter how bad the cold months get, summer will grace us again soon enough.
