In a teaser for Adult Swim’s “The Eric Andre Show,” the comedian of the title subjects celebrity guests to slapstick torture set to “Slim Trak.” The clip’s absurd score, by the anonymous Berlin producer DJ Paypal, part of the Teklife crew, is an electric showcase of the footwork sound, from Chicago, in which jagged vocal samples pound into cumbia drum loops like pistons in a cylinder. On Aug. 27, Paypal plays at MOMA PS1’s Warm Up. He uses a T-shirt to obscure his identity—if it gets too sweaty, he may lose the shades.
The Allure of an Anonymous D.J.
DJ Paypal, an electronic producer from Berlin, unleashes Chicago’s footwork at MOMA PS1’s Warm Up—with a T-shirt obscuring his face.
Photograph by Mark Peckmezian for The New Yorker
