Sound of Fractures - "Meant to Be"

We love hearing new work from the UK based electronic artist Sound of Fractures whose poignant and emotional work has been endlessly engaging and carried us through celebration and sorrow. Heavy love-letter to UK electronic music with “Meant to Be” and features some of the most resonant vocal hooks we’ve heard in a Sound of Fractures track yet. According to the press release, “Meant To Be is about growing as a person and how moments in your life can be so overwhelming at the time you can’t make sense of them but as you grow older you come to terms with how they contributed to making you who you are. They can make you more resilient, more compassionate and better equipped at how to deal with them in the future… and you understand it was meant to be that way. 

It's a record that for me captures so much of what I love about UK dance music. I've always been obsessed with sampling and hip hop and consequently the music that influenced me the most draws from the same places, whether that's Portishead, Tricky, Jamie XX, Aphex Twin, Four Tet, Moby, Caribou.. it's this soulful imperfection that gives them their own sound as they absorb the music around them and turn it into their own thing. It’s always something I try to keep in mind when I'm making my music. We are in a time where the sound of music is getting more and more homogenized and although my music isn't always perfect that's a decision I make, I feel like it makes more sense to be me, than imitate whatever trend is happening right now. “