Connecticut-raised rapper-producer ivvys1 actually wants his drums to sound like they’re skipping, stuttering and glitching all over themselves. He’s quietly taken SoundCloud by storm as the de facto face of production trio sstepteam, whose off-kilter rhythms seem to miraculously quantize irrational time-signatures — alongside maajins and sxprano, his jagged, mesmerizing cadences have caught the ear of everyone from MIKE to tana to Umru.⁠ ⁠ When we called the 18-year-old producer mid-April to ask about the inspiration for his drum patterns, he told us, “rhythm-wise, it would come from a mix of all the ambient [trap] I used to listen to, EDM music, and fucking footwork, bro, I kid you not.”⁠ ⁠ The FADER caught up with ivvys to chat about learning to produce from his dad, producing for kencarson, and how he found a rhythm all his own. ⁠ ⁠ Read perlucidum’s Beat Construction interview at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ #BeatConstruction #ivvys1