Jamais Vu

Jamais vu: the opposite of déjà vu. That strange moment when something you know well suddenly feels completely new, like you're experiencing it for the first time.

That feeling is at the heart of the second beat tape from Norwegian beatmaker Lax22. Where his previous beat tape "Deja Vu" leaned into the familiar, "Jamais Vu" flips the idea: dusty old samples, carefully dug up and chopped on the SP-404, reshaped until the past sounds like something you've never heard before.

The result is a warm, sunny collection of short instrumentals: jazzy loops, vintage textures and easy head-nodding grooves made for slow summer days. From the flute-led opener "Amnesia" to "Sunday lawn mowing" and the title track, Lax22 shows once again why people trust his taste in samples. Familiar warmth, made new.