Tejโs rise has been quick, loud, and unmistakably his own, and his new single โALL I CAN DO (time)โ feels like the moment everything snaps into focus. Dropped this November 19 through San Holoโs bitbird label, the track arrives as the third preview of the upcoming HEY ME, ITโS ME EP and captures the strange, liminal headspace Tej hit at 25, that blur of homesickness, gratitude, pressure, and sudden realizations that never feels like one emotion at a time. Itโs a fitting theme for a producer whose sound refuses to sit still, pulling from emotional drum and bass, future bass chaos, and the evolving, free-form style thatโs been reshaping electronic music in the post-Fred again.. era.
From the jump, โALL I CAN DO (time)โ wanders through memory in slow motion. Thick, lazy horns billow through the intro while a tender, airy vocal lands softly on top, almost like a thought sneaking up on itself. Then, almost without warning, the rhythm section starts to pulse beneath the haze, kicking up dust as the beat forms in fragments.
Once the drop hits, the whole thing erupts. Shimmery synths slice through the mix with a neon edge while the drums clash and sprint forward, pushing the song into full EDM adrenaline. Then, right when the track feels settled, an evil, glitchy laugh cracks open the moment โ a jolt that makes the song even more unpredictable.The track never locks into one-loop comfort; instead, it mutates, shifting shapes every few bars. And so the atmosphere keeps flipping between introspective and explosive, a kind of emotional whiplash Tej wields deliberately. Itโs so alive, itโs going to get you hooked.
By the final swell, โALL I CAN DO (time)โ leaves you with the sense of a young artist hitting his stride in real time. Check out this incredibly engaging piece of art on Spotify.
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Review by: Naomi Joan