Roy Rosenfeld – Helena EP [Lost & Found]

Hot off the back of his All Day I Dream release, Roy Rosenfeld now joins Lost & Found with his ‘Helena EP‘. A name synonymous with exquisite melodies and piano chord progressions that entrance the listener, Roy Rosenfeld is a talent that needs little introduction. For him, music is a way of communicating emotion to multitudes with no words necessary, hence the attention and effort he pours into each release, mix and DJ set. Besides a long-running friendship with Guy J and his label’s family members, this EP sees him officially join the Lost & Found roster, marking yet another exciting development in the Israeli producer’s career.

‘Helena‘ joins a back catalogue of releases on revered labels such as Kompakt, All Day I Dream and Systematic. The title track combines a steady, stealthy beat with bongo rhythms and flute-like riffs, overlaid with uplifting, melodious synth chords. Things go a little deeper in ‘Gran Poema‘, mingling growling synth beats with emotive piano and wind chimes against a loose, slapping rhythm like rain on water, further echoed by plucked strings and swooping notes in the breakdown. The EP rounds off with ‘Love From Afar‘, an other-worldly soundscape of muted hi hats and brushes, with fragments of mysterious static and questioning plangent synths punctuating a complex drum riff. This three-tracker is an apt soundtrack for the daytime festivals and balmy Ibiza nights that are finally just around the corner.