IDM from Taut

Taut (the alias of Jacob Bergson) has been a fixture of the New York City music scene for more than a decade. His long associations with artists like Kimbra, Jojo Mayer / Nerve, and Rubblebucket have afforded him the opportunity to perform in more than 45 countries worldwide.

Inspired by electronic innovators like Floating Points and Siriusmo, Taut’s music defies easy category. He eschews the strict orthodoxies of modern electronic music, opting instead for a stream-of-consciousness approach that flouts stylistic boundaries. His music reveals a shrewd knowledge of electronica tropes, though it politely declines to land comfortably in any single genre.

His new single “Cheeky” and his upcoming full-length album represent his first foray into the public eye as a solo artist.

Commenting on the track, he offers, “Creating this song involved quite aggressive processing, with the intention of taking staid, precise programmed elements and injecting them with an organic sort of mushiness and imprecision.”

Continuing, “You’ll notice that the percussion especially is extra mushy, pulling ahead and then falling behind and making all manner of strange squelching noises in the process. This is very much in keeping with the goal of this track – to make something that sounds exuberant and supernatural and hyper-human.”

“Cheeky” offers a flurry of glitching rhythms, pulsating and bouncing instrumentation, wrapped up in the producer’s perfect production techniques. Plucking synth shots are underpinned by bass grooves in this slick IDM piece.

Listen to Cheeky below

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