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Chase & Status Feat. Louis M^ttrs
Why we feature this artist The beat moves quickly; the voice looks further away “Lost & Not Found” places Louis M^ttrs’s calm singing inside Chase & Status’s bright, restless breakbeat production. Released in 2013, the collaboration helped introduce Brand New …
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Why we feature this artist
The beat moves quickly; the voice looks further away
“Lost & Not Found” places Louis M^ttrs’s calm singing inside Chase & Status’s bright, restless breakbeat production. Released in 2013, the collaboration helped introduce Brand New Machine. The song’s feeling comes from a useful difference in pace: the drums keep pressing forward while the vocal seems to look across a wider, more reflective distance.
A shared writing contribution
The original recording credits Louis Collard-Watson, the writer and singer behind the featured name, alongside Saul Milton and William Kennard. The voice therefore belongs to the song’s construction as well as its performance. Its measured melodic line gives the busier rhythm a clear point of orientation.
The arrangement brings older rave textures into a contemporary album setting. The breaks create activity beneath the melody, while the lighter instrumental space allows the singer’s phrasing to remain legible. The recording can suggest speed without making every element rush.
The acoustic reading opens another door
An acoustic version appeared within the wider 2013 release catalogue, making it possible to hear the song with much of the rhythmic machinery removed. The melodic shape and the singer’s timing become more exposed, revealing a different kind of intimacy in the same material.
That alternative helps explain the original’s balance. The production provides motion and atmosphere, but the vocal has enough definition to hold the song together in a quieter setting. “Lost & Not Found” succeeds because those different possibilities are already present inside the writing, rather than being supplied only by the size of the arrangement.
Essential releases
Lost & Not Found
The Louis M^ttrs collaboration combines measured singing with a brisk breakbeat frame.
Brand New Machine
The album places the song within Chase & Status’s broader return to rave textures.
Lost & Not Found — Acoustic
A quieter version exposes the melody and vocal phrasing beneath the production.