Spa music gets a bad rap — understandably so. But that's more a result of the anonymous artists making it than the intent behind it. And while your Twitter timeline may suggest otherwise, there's nothing wrong with dialing it down a notch or two, especially 700-odd days into a global pandemic.
DJ Python – aka house producer Brian Pineyro – first elevated downtempo vibes to an art form in 2017 with his ambient take on reggaeton, , and does so again on his latest EP, . Pineyro's dropped a figurative bath bomb with "Angel," an 11-minute vacation from the news cycle. is the most populist antecedent, and Pineyro demonstrates a delicate dexterity as he weaves sounds in and out without disturbing our peace.
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