Vinyl afficionados will know that a Locked Groove refers to the ever-repeating final bar of a record. Originally exclusive to dance music, it's made the jump to other genres. Today, the phenomenon gets its own project with Plz Make It Ruins' compilation vinyl Locked Groove, with contributions from 100 gecs, Haim, Blood Orange, Four Tet and more.
Featuring 133.333 bpm, 1.8 second loops from some of music's most talented names, the project is in aid of charity: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for protecting civil liberties in the USA, and Liberty - a charity with the same aim based in the UK.
Each loop runs a few times round, making every track under 10 seconds long. It's a neat idea and it's onboarded a tonne of amazing names. Clairo, King Krule, Octo Octa, Shygirl...just check out this tracklist.
Locked Groove tracklist:
SIDE A
01. 100 gecs - One bar to rule them all
02. Arca - UwU
03. ARTHUR - rest_less
04. Blood Orange - MORRIS
05. Buddy Ross - Future
06. Channel Tres - Locked In
07. Clairo - Jasper
08. Daniel Aged - 3 pictures
09. Dijon - PEACKOCK!
10. Dominic Fike - Cheesy Wine
11. Duval Timothy - Penny Sweet
12. Eris Drew - The Beat That Never Dies
13. Floating Points - Recourting
14. Four Tet - If You Spin Your Love Around
15. HAIM - I Know Alone
16. John Glacier - Shiny Sounds
17. Kelsey Lu - Only
18. Kelvin Krash - Guardian Angel
19. Kenny Beats - dontoverthinkshit
20. King Krule - Moonnn
SIDE B
01. Lauren Auder - Thorn
02. Loraine James - Sooth
03. Matthew Tavares - I Know Myself
04. Mica Levi - ⚕
05. Mk.Gee - LL6 +50c
06. Mura Masa - Reassurance Loop
07. object blue - print sprint
08. Octo Octa - My Heart
09. Oli XL - Puppet
10. OTTO - Mr. Bilberry Badger’s Ringtone
11. Overmono - 5 More Years Loop
12. Porches - :*)
13. Raveena - Heartbeat Blip
14. Romil Hemnani - rope
15. Shygirl - Shy Tag
16. Skrillex - Italian Sushi
17. tn_490 - Plus four runner
18. Vegyn - Circle
19. Yawning Portal - Lovely Poison in a Jade Wine Cup
20. Zsela - Liza
Locked Grooves arrives on vinyl 4 December. Pre-order it here.
