DJ Sports Mixes New Age and Breakbeats on the Glorious “World A”
It’s hard to judge a DJ by their name, and the case goes double for DJ Sports. The Aarhus, Denmark artist (aka Milán Zaks) is a member of the electronic collective Regelbau, runs the Help Recordings label, and makes lush, new age house and gliding breakbeat that emphasizes mood over all. His songs set a tone and take you far away, and the environment he creates is especially habitable and carefree on his new “World A.”
On “World A,” DJ Sports takes a simple four-chord melody and lets it grow well-worn and familiar, but never tired, over the course of six minutes. The glowing synths hang still, like clouds at sunset, but the lack of change doesn’t diminish their beauty. Behind them is a shuffling, dubby breakbeat, a sputtering groove, and pitched drums. It’s hard to imagine Zaks’ music has anything to do with sports in the traditional sense—there are no air horns or referee whistles or all that much action. Instead “World A” is music that floats away, and DJ Sports is like a house music hang glider, building a vibrant world he can survey from hundreds of feet above.
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