Boom Bip

Sleeved in simplistic candy-pink, Boom Bip's Sacchrilege EP offers little in the way of easygoing ambient electronica. The California-based producer, born Bryan Hollon, drills straight for the dance floor on Sacchrilege with a smattering of worming synths and disco beats not unlike Skatebård's, but his tendencies are hardly black and white and shouldn't be abruptly assigned to the now-feverish indie dance set. Hollon's largely instrumental endeavors have never been boxed in—witness the range on 2005's Blue-Eyed in the Red Room or even his distinctive remix work for airtight examples of his appetite. Sacchrilege's crunchy keyboard party jams successfully lead him down another path. Leadoff "Snook Adis" lands miles from Blue-Eyed's unforgettable pairing with Nina Natasia; Hollon's digital synth jabs and hazy Knight Rider-esque melodies wrap around '80s cowbell plinks, and it's all Members Only jackets and videogame riffs for the EP's first four minutes. "One of Eleven" is even a stop-off in vigorous techno, with shifting tempos, miniature clicks and dissipating chimes fighting any sense of stability. Aside from an ill-chosen "Coogi Sweater" with an Uffie-type vocal from Ali Lee, Hollon is capably turning heads on Sacchrilege, and it shouldn't be any surprise.