How do you honor the legacy of an artist as brilliantly challenging asSophie?
She was the kind of producer who wouldwalk out of a studio sessionif a collaborator got too sentimental.
Then she fried our circuits all over again by pairingpummeling noisewithraw emotionon her 2018 full-length debut.
Renata Raksha*
If you ever had any expectations about her, she took glee in torching them.
Sophieopens like a sci-fi film, with the skin-crawling synth creep of Intro (The Full Horror).
Other acts are doingxerox-of-a-xeroximpressions of Sophie beats, orcatching flakfor well-intentioned tributes to her.
Its hard to blame anyone here (though that hasnt stopped the internets harshest critics).
One last time, shes set a new bar for other musicians to leap over if they dare.
