On Nina, one of the tags used to describe Independence Day, the new collaborative release by the artists Elon Katz and Michael Vallera, is #texture. After a listen, it’s not hard to see why. The seven-track EP is a collection of slowly unfurling compositions that trade in a certain kind of, let’s say, textural interplay—between vivid pads and more grainy, clippy sonics, between guitars and electronics. The record’s frosty ambient drift brings to mind long winter drives through the Midwest, sunny, freezing, and flat. That makes sense: Katz and Vallera, electronic music lifers both, have long histories with the city of Chicago.
Elon Katz & Michael Vallera - Independence Day
Staff PicksFrosty ambient drift.
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2025/01/15
- 1The Girl's Trip to Paris
- 2Middling
- 3Green One
- 4Don't Go Outside
- 5Fat Angle
- 6Silver Knot
- 7Opensky
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