Altered Zones

Berlin/London duo Hype Williams have a new album out March 15 on Hippos In Tanks. The record, One Nation, boasts a uniformly dark and syrupy tone, though never drifts into the played-out dark sounds of "witch house" or other screwed genres. Instead, the duo decided on a rather weird take on lo-fidelity home-recorded dance and pop music. "Businessline" wafts like dank blown smoke, dubbed-out like instrumental Sun Araw but with no guitars, just warbled synthesizers and sizzling drum machines. (Friendship Bracelet co-premiere)

MP3: Hype Williams: "Businessline"

One Nation is out March 15 on Hippos In Tanks