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The seventh release on Body Method introduces Wisecarver, a Louisiana-born, New York–based producer making his musical debut, as well as his debut on the label. Having started his production journey less than two years ago, Wisecarver quickly developed a sound that balances precision with emotion, drawing from the lineage of contemporary bass music, ambient dub atmospheres, and the reflective pulse of nostalgia-driven techno and house.


“Bloom” opens the release with a cavernous and ethereal energy. Built around a 142 BPM framework, its glistening reverberant percussion and plucked, harp-like melodies create a sense of spaciousness that feels both divine and mechanical. A weighty, sputtering bassline anchors the piece, locking into a dark electro-leaning rhythm while layers of modulating hi-hats and fleeting synth stabs inject tension into the otherwise transcendent atmosphere. The result is a carefully crafted track, balancing luminous composition with peeking darkness, teetering between blinding light and glimpses of the abyss.


On “Gloss,” Wisecarver shifts gears into a more intimate and groove-oriented mode, equally built to chill, or dance to. Operating at 124 BPM, the track fuses moody pads and vocoded vocal fragments with a Miami-bass-inspired rhythm section, creating a kinetic but unhurried flow. A slippery, ever-changing bassline drives the groove forward as playful synth shots, driving breakbeats, and melodic counterpoints weave in and out of the mix. The track nods to the warmth of early-2000s downtempo and the musical sensibilities of tracks like Luke Vibert’s “I Love Acid” or Bent’s “Cold Heart”, blending nostalgia with a distinctly modern sensibility.

Complementing the originals are two remixes that further expand the release’s emotional and rhythmic range.

Sohn Jamal’s “Anti-Bloom” remix turns the radiance of “Bloom” inward, reimagining its ethereal architecture as something shadowed and hallucinatory. Drawing subtle influence from Autechre’s more hip-hop oriented downtempo works, and the microscopic percussion of Mille Plateaux’s Clicks & Cuts era, he loops a single fragment of the original melody into a hypnotic, ghost-like motif. At 115 BPM, the remix unfolds through ratcheting, glitch-stuttered drums and industrial-tinged textures, trading the original’s heavenly ascent for a moodier, more subterranean pulse.

Roiju’s remix of “Gloss” then flips the script, recontextualizing the track as a playful yet commanding 132 BPM tribal-house workout. Chopped and repitched vocoder fragments swirl around buoyant percussion, sweeping pads, and a new serpentine lead line that builds with perpetual motion. The result is the release’s most straight-forward cut for the dancefloor; joyful, percussive, and kinetic, while still retaining the introspective glow at the core of Wisecarver’s vision.

Across both tracks, Wisecarver demonstrates a command of space, rhythm, and atmosphere rare for a debut. Bloom / Gloss captures the duality at the heart of Body Method’s ethos, as music that speaks equally to the body and the subconscious, designed for motion but steeped in reflection, leaving us eagerly awaiting what Wisecarver has to say next.