Offie Mag

Portland, Oregon—home to the Trail Blazers, Nike, fish sauce chicken wings, Yeat, and apparently dozens of breweries. In fact, some even call it the beer capital of the world. The lover of lager in me would like to disagree with that on principle, but I'm getting sidetracked.

Marsh Crane is a producer hailing from Rip City, and his most recent project, GSH, has arisen from his own reverse engineering of what juke and footwork are. He first encountered these sounds through modern interpretations of the genres before delving into their history. You can hear all the stylistic features, but with his own fresh take through the sample choices and soundscapes.

The solitary feature on the project is Nashville-based producer username, who has been on my radar since his 2019 album VOX. He also mastered the project, and the two have been working together frequently over the past year as Crane continues to “get closer to producing authentic works in this style that deserves so much attention to detail and respect.”

While he is making these efforts to further understand the processes behind these sounds, he is ensuring that he leaves enough room for his own personality and sensibilities to shine through his music. It's all well and good knowing exactly what goes into something, but in this world of type beats and [insert artist] clones, it's easy to hear what is genuine and what is tastelessly just biting. GSH is clearly the former and is just one step in what he hopes to be a “long journey towards cracking that code.”

You can buy GSH here.

Words from Louis Rowland.