lynx 196.9’s “triangular warfare” is a Dub-Inflected Cautionary Tale of Trying to Juggle Relationships

lynx196_9_1_crop — lynx 196.9, photo courtesy the artist

“triangular warfare” by lynx 196.9 gets off the ground with a sample like the recording of one side of an emotionally fragile conversation, a confession, an apology for hurting someone. The beat is a downtempo dub mélange of meditative percussion, piano, keyboard samples and backing vocal samples in a jazz style like a lo-fi Blockhead. The vocals tell in short a sexually frank story of a love triangle that has progressed to the phase when people want more or want something different out of the relationship and communication has broken down and the conflict avoided earlier by balancing time and maybe being willing to set aside the usual demands and keeping ego in check. What makes the track surreal is how chill our narrator is throughout as though relating someone else’s story or a snippet of an experience from long ago and able to maintain a sense of distance. A lot to load into a song under two minutes that manages to establish an entrancing vibe immediately. Listen to “triangular warfare” on Spotify and follow lynx 196.9 at the links below.