Photay and Sam O.B. return for their second official collaborative release as Ensemble Entendu with Music For The Densely Populated, Vol. 2 (MFTDPV2). 

MFTDPV2 is full of bounce and shuffle, with thick grooves inheriting everything from anthemic synth boogie ('Time Is Certainly Passing'), oceanic latin jazz ('Azalea Chuva'), and driving psych funk ('Up To No Good') and swung beats ('Flat Talk') all built for the discerning deejay much as the daily commuter's earbuds. 

Ensemble Entendu began as a collaborative project of Photay and Sam O.B. exploring library music and the tradition of rhythm tracks, emphasizing driving drums and basslines in stripped down productions on 2016's Selected Rhythm Works, Vol. 1. Today the Brooklyn-based producers are releasing an expanded sound, integrating vocals and lead instruments to shape a music uniquely situated between their already unique solo artistic voices.

For example, check summer blockbuster single 'Big Break,' which conjures hallucinogenic congas and synth stabs in a rhythmic propulsion of personal motivation leading up to a supreme affirmation in chorus: "This is your big break!"

MFTDPV2 is the first of two EPs to be released by Ensemble Entendu on Astro Nautico this year.

Ensemble Entendu - Music For The Densely Populated, Vol. 2

Roll credits! Ensemble Entendu - a collaboration between Evan Shornstein (Photay) and Astro Nautico co-founder Sam O.B. - return with their first piece of music since Selected Rhythm Works Vol. 1, the duo's debut album released almost 2 years ago exactly. We all feel the passing of time, for better or for worse, but in this case it’s marked with celebration for the past, present and future. A jubilant romper, 'Time Is Certainly Passing' pays homage to stadium pop legends like Phil Collins and Peter Gabriel in a balearic adaptation more suited to intimate, fluorescent dancefloors. Driven by a rhythm at once tropical, disco and afro-beat, painted with soaringly cosmic synth orchestration washed through grand canyons of reverb, Ensemble Entendu have announced their re-arrival here underlined and bold, a testament to the confidence both artists have achieved together over time with their sound as a powerhouse creative tag-team. Keep your ears to the ground for more to come!

Sax written & played by Jaedon Alvira 
Artwork by Pete Ford

http://hyperurl.co/sib1fl

Time Is Certainly Passing

Ensemble Entendu - Time Is Certainly Passing

Ensemble Entendu (Photay and Sam O.B.) return with futurist library music for the dance floor and, in this case, yacht sound system. Azalea Chuva is the second single (after last year’s Time Is Certainly Passing) to be culled from the first of two EPs from the Brooklyn-based powerhouse due this year on Astro Nautico. A soft ‘80s synth palette interlocks with 3 over 4 percussion ostinatos in slowly building wonderment. Melodies played by two-octave synth leads sound like they’re made of plucked and whistle tones. By the time the triplets of kosmische-style drums roll through you’re already delightfully caught up in a mesmeric, summery haze. Grab some shade and a cool drink. Settle right in.

Ensemble Entendu - Azalea Chuva

'Big Break' is the 3rd single from @ensembleentendu's forthcoming EP, 'Music For The Densely Populated, Vol. 2' due out 7/26 via Astro Nautico.

Music For The Densely Populated, Vol. 2

Big Break

Ensemble Entendu - Big Break

Music For The Densely Populated, Vol. 2' is the second official release from Ensemble Entendu (Sam O.B. x Photay) and is the first of two EPs to be released on Astro Nautico this year.

Ensemble Entendu - Flat Real Talk

Ensemble Entendu - Flat Talk

Ensemble Entendu - Up To No Good

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