Heavee’s DISCOVERY PT​.​1 enunciates the intricacies of rhythm-making and where the beat can take you if you let it. The 10 track LP opens with Malfunctions, a glitchy-heavy bass track that serves as your introduction to the layered soundscapes that only continues to build in later tracks. From there, the third track, Enough Room, features a house-infused beat featuring vocals by Jared Brown, a multidisciplinary artist, that narrates the listener through a manifesto. The song is intro’d by their lyrics, “I realized that everyone doesn’t get a chance to tell their story /  so, like, Imma take this moment…,”. As the song proceeds, the manifesto glides over the groove; expressing what it feels like being alive in the club, and one can’t help but drown into the song’s drifting synths and lasting message, “Nothing’s gonna stop me…”

Heavee doesn’t shy away from breaking rhythms either. As heard in Sweep the Porch – a stuttering gqom track where the kicks dip in and out between the rebounding bassline and the vocal samples that draws us throughout the track. Additionally tracks such as the latter half of the project, STEAM ROOM, TIME2FLY and LIFT YOU UP, still share the same house music sentiments, but are combined with contemplative kicks taken from the broken beat genre, giving balance to the LP’s introspective pacing.

Needless to say, the DISCOVERY PT. 1  embodies itself. As our society’s climate continues on its path of chaos, most are still trying to discover themselves, explore their environments, and simply live day-to-day. In a relatable way, this is also evident in Heavee’s organic sound explorations and the way they, too, are still traversing life. Even still, with the ambience and seamless song transitions, the LP takes a thoughtful approach towards the construction of the overall project; never breaking from the soundscapes it lays before us. Ultimately once the last melody is strung though, the dreamlike quality of DISCOVERY PT 1. will definitely inspire a relisten.