Dive Deep With BICEP’s Latest Track “CHROMA 009 KR36”

With “CHROMA 009 KR36,” BICEP once again proves they’re not just producers of sound—they’re architects of atmosphere. Under their DOVE alias, the Northern Irish duo take a departure from the seismic pulses of Isles and delve into a more shadowed, intimate space. The result is arrestingly beautiful, like a ghost humming a lullaby through the fog of memory.

DOVE has long been the experimental playground for BICEP, but this release suggests more than experimentation—it’s excavation. “CHROMA 009 KR36” isn’t designed to fill a dance floor. It’s meant to drift through headphones on a late train ride home, or echo in the back of your mind as the sun starts to rise. The track is all blurred edges and spectral textures, with Kehina’s vaporous vocals suspended like mist over a lake at dawn.

Instead of leaning into their signature build-and-release style, BICEP draw us into something more subdued and immersive. The beats are understated, the synths smudged like watercolors, and the whole composition feels cinematic in its restraint. There’s a sense of emotional weight beneath every note—less adrenaline, more afterglow.

The pairing of BICEP with Kehina is especially compelling. Her voice—delicate, haunting, and deceptively raw—adds a layer of vulnerability that turns the track into something deeply personal. It’s less a collaboration than a communion, the kind that stays with you long after the music ends.

“CHROMA 009 KR36” is the second drop in their CHROMA project, and if this is any indication of where DOVE is headed, fans should prepare for more inward journeys rather than outward explosions. It’s ambient with a pulse, melancholic but never cold—a masterclass in musical restraint.