Lav's Music Corner

There were a few early-year EPs I wanted to cover, so let's take a look at them all together.  glow-zone  EP - gupi I don't think I've talked about gupi since 2020 when their collaborative food house album with Fraxiom was making waves in the hyperpop scene. In the meantime, I think I've probably seen at least 5 gupi sets at various parties and raves and they're liable to put on a good show. That's why I was excited to unpack this EP and see what gupi had to offer over 5 new tracks. But the project that resulted was probably something I should have seen coming. The project blurs together some of the poppy instincts of hyperpop, even going as far as to conclude with a Hannah Montana cover. But it's delivered with a big spoonful of the squelching synths and thumping dance beats of the more house and techno-flavored material gupi has released in the past. One place it works really well is in the jittery up-tempo song hyperstop . The track seems custom-made for ...