Song You Need: Paul Chin and Kid Koala’s love letter to nightlife
“Birdcalls” is out now on Paul Chin’s latest album, And Under Heaven We Are All Made Of Water.
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Toronto producer and DJ Paul Chin has a catalog full of cinematic and dreamy soundscapes, but his debut record, And Under Heaven We Are All Made Of Water, diverges from his previous projects and reveals his Afrofuturist interpretation of dance music.
With a much more aggressive approach, the Canadian beatmaker delivers a 12-track LP full of tracks built for the dancefloor. In "Birdcalls," the album's third song, Chin calls on his mentor and legendary Montreal turntablist Kid Koala, for a heavy-hitting Gqom-influenced track. Busting with hypnotic chopped-up vocal chants, organic bird chirps, and ferocious drums, Paul Chin and Kid-Koala present a scratch-laden club track that honors East Coast club music by sampling Jersey club doyenne UNIIQU3 and Baltimore club mainstay TT the Artist.
Paul Chin tells The FADER, "Making 'Birdcalls' was basically me reaching out to my fellow DJs, letting them know how much I love them and what they do, and look forward to getting back behind the decks together again."