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Below is the premiere of his very first video and track under this guise, lifted from a forthcoming EP co-produced by Paul Butler. It starts off so slinky, like a girl creeping through the desert glimpsed only by the light of a flickering campfire. But then at the 1:30-ish mark, those beats start in, scattershot almost, but no, they’re tightly controlled, which weirdly makes me want to listen to DJ Shadow’s Entroducing. Pushing that surprising instinct aside—because this song is much more grounded, earthy, and organic than anything on Entroducing—”Against the Wall” may also inspire the listener to shed your skin, or at the very least, your clothes, and interpretive dance around your apartment, up the stairs and down them (if you have them). If you do so, do it like Mexican actress and artist Diana Garcia does in the video: naked with her Lady Godiva hair whipping around to the grooves.

“It was time for me to start something new,” explains Rogove of his new musical guise. “Something distinct from my other projects yet wholly informed by what I’ve done in the past. The premise for the ‘Against The Wall’ video was to look at the unwavering attempts at overcoming obstacles.”

Take it all in below.

HOOOPS Tour Dates

July 28th @ Moustache – Tijuana, Mexico

July 29th @ The Satellite – Los Angeles, CA

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