James Curd, Marcellus Pittman

When James Curd and Marcellus Pittman link up, you don’t expect fireworks—you expect alchemy. On Shafty Riptide / Corners, these two stalwarts from different corners of the underground (Curd from Chicago’s funk-laced house lineage, Pittman from Detroit’s deep and dusty sonic archives) collide in a subtle, grooving dialogue that’s rich in texture, restraint, and rhythm.

This isn’t music that demands attention. It’s music that earns it—slowly, seductively, and with the kind of depth that DJs and heads dream of digging out at 3AM. Each track is a piece of functional art—deceptively simple, endlessly playable, and full of hidden detail.