Of all the artists who have passed away in recent years there have been few who left behind a legacy on the world of music production as influential and acutely recognized and unmatched as SOPHIE. Known for the massive effects her music had on multiple different genre blends, though most noticeably the sharp edged blend known as hyperpop, SOPHIE has easily left her mark on music.

Her remarkable legacy has lived on to be so much more than simply a place holder in the world of one type of music, however.This, and so much more, is demonstrated in abundance on her new, posthumous self-titled album. SOPHIE is a robust, four part dedication to the incredible artist and her unmistakable, meticulously crafted sound. Curated by the artist’s family, this album features a handful of SOPHIE’s close friends performing their own musical styles over some of the producer’s best beats to date.

On the album’s second track, Rawwwwww, for example, The guest artists Jozzy brings no shortage of individual personality and self-assurance to a song already stocked to the brim with multiple layers of sonic attitude and dark percussions that come together for a powerful and intricately staggered, trap-like beat.

The two tracks that follow it, however, “Plungling Asymptote” (feat.Juliana Huxtable) and “The Dome’s Protection” (feat. Nina Kraviz) act as more static fixtures, as while their production is undoubtedly interesting and non-linear in a way that SOPHIE always did best, the vocals on both of these tracks prove to be so heavily repeated and seemingly tossed onto their surrounding beats that any attempt at strong meaning via their repetition is quickly lost to loose connectivity and, strangely enough, feelings of purposeless.

Some pieces of this album also come across as a bit too lengthy and drawn out particularly in the case of the opening track “Intro (The Full Horror)” and the aforementioned, “The Dome’s Protection”. Nevertheless, the majority of this album proves to be rather astounding as SOPHIE’s deeply layered and intricately wired beats naturally steal the show, even when one or two of the guest features are less than ideal.

One of the album’s best tracks, and a “Berlin Nightmare (feat. Evita Manji)” features a heavy, and electrically fluttering beat that shoots razor sharp shock waves of synths and littering drum hits to compose an extremely hard-hitting buzz of sound. SOPHIE’s posthumous, self-titled album is primarily one of great tribute to an incredible and exceedingly-talented producer. This artist will undoubtedly continue to be missed and revered for years to come.

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