Eddie Merced – Hush Money – R4808n Recordings
On his latest single, Eddie Merced continues to probe into twilight moods with his distinctive brand of machine soul. The Hartford-based DJ and producer has forged his sound on a delicate balance of light and shadow, maintaining a powerful upwards thrust of peak time rhythm with the mysterious, dusky shades of his melancholic synth work.
‘Hush Money’ weaves a seductive web inspired by the hidden power structures that fuel Merced’s imagination. He wastes no time getting the track locked in with the unmistakable thump of 909 kicks and a dubby chord pulse. It’s the evocative pads that mark out the magic and mystery in Merced’s music, though — broad, sweeping atmospherics that lend an ethereal mood to the powerful momentum of the quintessential techno drums. It’s understated yet simultaneously uplifting, charged with the deep, sentimental feeling that the best techno inspires.
Fresh from inspiring expeditions across the USA and to Japan, Merced continues to shape out a unique space within contemporary techno that holds true to the foundational, Detroit-rooted principles of the sound.
Release date: June 27th, 2025.