Biiko and ttypes Blend Downtemp Jazz and Hazy Melodies on “Mixee” With an Eloquent Economy of Expression

Biiko and ttypes team up for a vocal duet on hazily downtempo song “Mixee.” The percussion has enough production on it to take off any hard edges, synths pulse on the periphery as though to mark time on a casual stroll, a simple piano figure and a smooth bass line sets an underlying tempo that comes to the fore toward the end of the song. The song is a plea to an ex-lover in the form of reminders of how things were and what the relationship meant yet it doesn’t sound desperate, it doesn’t come off mournful, simply gentle melancholic. At times it’s reminiscent of Slowdive’s “Blue Skied An’ Clear” in its own, abstract, jazz-like flourishes and dreamlike, languid dynamics. Though the song is relatively short at a little over two minutes, Biiko and ttypes bring together enough poignant details and emotional coloring to convey much more than some artists get to at twice the length. Listen to “Mixee” on Spotify.