Review: Al Lover crafts a bizarre, often menacing, trap-ambient world with Existential Everything

The music of Al Lover makes always feels as if it's just shy of imploding. The Los Angeles based DJ and sound artist flirts with ambient, but his soundscapes often have more in common with trap music than Brian Eno, a sound you that wouldn't be entirely unfit for T.I. if he ever chooses to take his Us or Else campaign down the experimental route. This isn't to say you should turn away if you prefer the stylings of a Tim Hecker to a Jeezy. These are decidedly strange little sonic worlds, self-con...