stay longer is the surreal new album from producer, DJ and label-head usof. Since his first release, the Lisbon-based artist’s productions have consistently captured an uncanny and ephemeral quality. On stay longer, he delves even deeper into this world. Texture and tone blend into an amorphous sonic landscape where ideas overflow – a subdued, dissociative dreamscape.
Like his previous work, it’s the scattered details that define stay longer. This is introspective music, though not in the way you might expect. Songs shift unpredictably, melodies are submerged in digital fog, and the typical comforts of ambient music are largely absent. The entire album feels like an honest expression of the unruly nature of interiority. It can be calming and chaotic, often simultaneously. It’s these contradictory states which usof aptly captures throughout stay longer. The album invites you to linger in fragile moments, to embrace the space between what is and what could be, urging you to stay just a little longer.
Limited edition run of tapes available on Bandcamp. Includes remixes by Ben Bondy feat Yves and Shy, Conna Haraway and Slowfoam.