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London-born, Berlin-based producer Braiden today shared a new track, "Hydroplane," off his forthcoming release for Off Out, V.O.L.A.T. / Hydroplane.The single comes on the heels of Braiden's last project, in which he co-composed the soundtrack for X Years in London, a film celebrating the titular city's nightlife community. A few months later, that sense of matching music to imagery continues in "Hydroplane": its driving, chrome-plated rhythm could soundtrack a high-speed car chase across Tokyo at night, with the synths echoing overhead like passing street lights. It's an adrenaline rush prickling with a disorienting eeriness, thanks to nose-diving sound effects and disembodied, girlish vocals that pop up sporadically.Speaking to THUMP over email, Braiden says, "The bulk of 'Hydroplane' was written in a day, which is a rarity for me, and you can feel it in its immediacy. I wanted it to feel like a perpetually driving rhythm interspersed with sudden peaks and troughs throughout, with chords and disembodied vocals dancing around this very driving percussion. The vocal elements are lifted from the Japanese game Mushihimesama, the 'hardest shoot-em-up in the world,' an absurd and euphoric overload of the senses."Stream "Hydroplane" below, and also check out a trailer for Braiden's upcoming release.