ANMA „Ossarium“ (Syncopathic.Recordings)
UNEARTHED 11/26/2021
„Ossarium“ is all about distortion.
Recorded (mostly) live in Innsbruck, Austria 2020.
#distortion #bassdrum #dont-believe-the-hype #end-of-proof #analog #modular-synthesizer
https://syncopathicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ossarium
5 H T 2 // Syncopathic.Recordings // Sept 17th
https://syncopathicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/untitled
„Drawing on the memory of an illegal party in Amsterdam back in 2008, Andrea Taeggi's 5ht2 smashes the stylistic hallmarks of late-noughties dubstep (sub-wobble, triplet syncopations) into an atypically slicker, sharper array of electronic tonalities. By reducing a sound already renowned for textural minimalism, the record accentuates those colliding extremes at the genre’s core: between boisterous intensity and sculptural refinement, between gnashing synths and yawning emptiness. Opener “Qudits” encapsulates this in a riff that renders a classic dubstep hook in squared-off buzzes rather than in bloated ovular womps, while later cuts like “Kiddoid” and “Shingle” rise into more frenetic atmospheres, with lead lines jagging between offbeat organ chords that erupt like fireworks, somehow retaining a minimalist aesthetic as it obliterates every pocket of empty space. All throughout, 5ht2 channels dubstep’s quintessential stagger into an echo-drenched reminiscence of weirder 90s electronic music, mangling multiple nostalgias into the compositional inclinations of the present, scrambling all attempts to place it anywhere but here and now.“ (Jack Chuter)