Barker - Stochastic Drift (White Vinyl) Vinyl LP

Barker’s debut album, Utility (on Berghain’s Ostgut Ton label), caused a sensation in the electronic music world upon its release. Utility appeared on numerous Best of 2019 year-end lists, including Pitchfork (8.2 review), The Quietus, DJ Mag, and Resident Advisor (Recommends), and was named Mixmag’s Album of the Year 2019. Now, Barker returns with the follow-up, Stochastic Drift, on Smalltown Supersound. Where Utility saw him “using ambient materials to remake techno,” as Pitchfork’s Philip Sherburne wrote, here he takes the approach even further, creating—as the title suggests—a dreamy stochastic drift and a beautiful freeform float.