New York's Phil Moffa (AKA The Butcha) has long been wearer of many hats. If you listen to any of his productions, ranging from collaborations with DJ Spider and Seth Troxler to his own propulsive solo efforts, see him DJ, or play a hardware-heavy live set, you get the sense that the guy doesn't like to limit himself to one thing. From the studio he owns and operates in NYC, Butcha Sound, where he engineers, mixes, for himself and others, Moffa's solidified his place as a wizard of all things gear. His latest foray into production, an EP entitled Rareforms for New York's Most Excellent Unlimited Recordings, encapsulates his shapeshifting path through multiple corners of dance music, while stripping down his usual sound to a focus on sparser electronics.According to Moffa, the style of his latest EP comes after "20 years of making tracks with blaringly loud kicks," and that on Rareforms, he decided to showcase four tracks centered around filtering and the absence of powerful low end. He includes that it's also a release dedicated to Japanese synth legend Isao Tomita, who passed way in May of this year. There's not a ton going in the track we're premiering below, "Alma Del Mundo (Blast Mix)"—shuffling drum taps cozy up against squelchy harmonics—yet you can feel Moffa's attention to the utility of the various instruments used, and how cohesively they come together in a way absence of heavy bass. Check it out below.
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