DJ Haram has announced a new EP titled Handplay and released its lead single, which is also its opener and title track. The tape, due out December 1 via Hyperdub, is essentially a double single, with “Handplay” and its as-yet-unreleased companion “No Funeral” representing side A and their respective instrumentals comprising side B. “Handplay” is a a hyper-sensual onslaught of industrial 909s, dissonant flute, and a scrum of sultry cooing and whispers, with Haram’s deadpan vocal line riding the wave, repeating the word “gushy” until it becomes part of the rhythm track.
Per a press release, the genre-fluid Philadelphia producer and occasional emcee conceived the cut as “an ode to and celebration of sex workers” and a reflection on “pleasure and reward.” Read Next: Song You Need: DJ Haram’s “Mescalito” remix has ShrapKnel and billy woods rapping over drum & bass Listen below..
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