The drum machine wizard and self-proclaimed MPC King, AraabMuzik, the stage name of Rhode Island-born electronic producer and DJ Abraham Orellana, has returned with a new instrumental hip-hop infused trap EP entitled Goon Loops. The entire seven track release is available to stream, and for a limited time to download for free, via the artist's Soundcloud, below.
As Pitchfork points out, it's been a little over a year since the artist dropped his album, For Professional Use Only 2, which was also an entirely instrumental effort. Like most of Orellana's best works, the artist's trigger-happy drum machine mastery on this new EP is likely to inspire listeners to turn to YouTube in search of live video footage of the artist to verify that he does in fact make each and every beat with his fast-moving fingers.
Back in April, Orellana had announced that a different album entitled Dream World was to drop this past summer, but it has yet to surface. Upon the announcement, he had shared a video for the track "Day Dreams" which features a montage of clips from AraabMuzik's shows in several different cities, complete with colorful light shows (of course). Watch the video for "Day Dreams" below.
A few months after the due-date for the much-anticipated Dream World album came and went without any sign of the record, fans were momentarily treated to another track ostensibly from the album. Entitled "Final Hour," the track was apparently a collaboration between future R&B singer Kelela and AraabMuzik. However, as Stereogum reports, the track was leaked by the Distrolord label without permission from either collaborator. After both artists fired-off a number of Tweets and label execs responded, the song was taken down and and Orellana issued a statement that concluded with the promise of two free EPs to come out before the year's end--Goon Loops and King. Meanwhile, Dream World has been delayed to come out at the end of January under new management.
In the interim, stay tuned for King, which is supposed to be more of an EDM EP than most of the artist's trap-fueled canon.
