Miss Place by Chris Udoh

Chris Udoh returns to Fresh Meat Records with Miss Place EP, a three-track offering that showcases his signature style of sophisticated, deep electronic dance music. This latest outing continues Udoh’s evolution as a producer, sound designer, and DJ, capturing his unique approach to layered compositions and hypnotic, immersive soundscapes. Miss Place EP brings together deep kick drums, undulating percussion, ethereal pads, and bubbling effects in a way that defies easy categorization. There are influences from his many years of experience, but Udoh’s sound remains discreetly his own—difficult to compare to anything that’s come before it.

The EP opens with the title track, "Miss Place," a mid-tempo, thumping ride that sets the tone for the rest of the release. This track is a lush, hypnotic experience, with psychedelic, bubbling arpeggiated synthesizer melodies and long, atmospheric arrangements that unfold gradually. It's the kind of track that can equally pull listeners in when played in a relaxed setting, as it could energize a dancefloor with its rhythmic pulse and deep, resonating pads. Udoh’s ability to create a track that works in both intimate and energetic spaces is part of what makes his music stand out.

"Sun Acid" takes the energy up a notch with its wide, expansive melodies and more playful nature. While still grounded in the entrancing atmosphere established in the first track, this cut opens up into a swirling cosmos of metallic and organic percussion components, cinematic pads, and synths. The track feels like a dance ritual taking place either on an alien planet or within a vivid dream, as the percussion and rhythmic elements push the track forward. Halfway through, an acid line burrows its way into the groove, twisting and contorting the sound into something more bubbling and disorienting, taking the track into a hypnotic hyperspace.

The EP concludes with "Touch High," a track that maintains the deep, layered, and tonally complex nature of the previous two, but adds a sense of upward motion and arrival. This is the track where the listener's metaphorical spaceship arrives at a new solar system, and the sound of bright pads and resonating strings signals the opening of a new world. It feels like light emerging from darkness, an expansive soundscape full of promise and potential.

If the love of music could be measured by ones constant persistence, then Chris Udoh is a true testament to this persistence. Chris has been a DJ in one form or another for over 35 years. By most accounts, his experience is unparalleled. Chris has taken time out to concentrate on solo productions as well as collaborations with other electronic dance music artists.