Growing Portland-based outpost Blankstairs will welcome a new name to its roster of budding talents when Sydney producer Hal Floyd (who has previously been seen releasing material via Chicago net-label Don’t Trust Humans) drops his two-track Water Colors EP later this month. Leading off the upcoming digital effort is “All Ventures Overboard,” a patiently engrossing production that fits within the “delicate and emotional techno” the artist has spent the last few years crafting. Spanning just over six minutes, the track assembles an array of airy, wistful textures to sit atop its chugging rhythmic base, adding dreamy and heavily processed melodies and increasing layers of tasteful percussion as the tune progresses. Floyd’s debut outing for Blankstairs, the Water Colors EP lands on September 30.

All Ventures Overboard