"Get Lost," the latest single from Muscle Memory’s EP, is an invitation. NYC-based duo Steven Reker and Michael Tapper (aka Reker) lost us with tags like “stately stutter,” “haunted groves,” and “backmasking grooves” before they ever got to describe this shimmering synthpop gem as “a dream of a dancefloor somewhere between not too long ago and not quite yet.
The track throbs with a hypnotic tempo, folding lush synths and groovy basslines atop a beat that could only have been created for a wind-whipped drive down the Italian Riviera. If that is, Giorgio Moroder was at the wheel, and Fleetwood Mac was in the passenger seat. Reker’s ghostly vocals run like syrup over the track’s sun-soaked melody, giving the song an airy spaciousness in which to be lost.
The single is backed by two striking remixes: a spacey dub take from disco revivalists Midnight Magic and an acid-tinged rework from Muscle Memory themselves. All versions stretch out the track’s club-ready potential, making Get Lost as suitable for underground dance floors as it is for late-night playlists.
Now, members of the NYC club circuit mainstay Muscle Memory and their sonic evolution channel their deep roots in indie rock and electronic music. Having worked on previous projects as varied as We Are Scientists, Yellow Ostrich, and People Get Ready, Reker and Tapper have developed a knack for fusing organic and electronic components without a lossy marginalization of either half. And their monthly DJ residency in Brooklyn’s Nightmoves, founded by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, cements their role as purveyors of boundary-pushing dance music.
With Get Lost, Muscle Memory is among the world’s foremost purveyors of synth-tinged indie dance. Whether represented through their records, DJ sets, or immersive live shows, they have never ceased redefining the boundaries between performance and production.
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