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gorgeous collection of varied sounds that dig their claws deep into your soul. this really is one of those albums that I can come back to time and time again and always be teleported into a special headspace each and every time. stellar debut
One for a night-time drive, a dance with friends or a moment alone, Kalopsia provides you with the space (and place) you might not have realised you need. Unafraid but not arrogant, this EP wanders into emotions with enough space to take your own journey, but never leaves your side. Kalopsia is an invitation to explore your nuances and travel wherever you dare.
HEARING VOICES
Hearing Voices opens like an eerie dollhouse – haunting, ominous, looming. Despite the growing hum, there is a sense of ‘lack’ with the spaces left in the track providing a kind of hollow weightlessness. Repetitive low-end beats keep you grounded as sound speeds past your face like a cool breeze. Hearing Voices recognises the strength required to keep going in tough times but reminds you of your ability to persist.
AMBER
Amber is a dynamic journey through the abyss of reflection, but not necessarily resolution. Like a busy but well-planned motorway, the song moves with intention and consideration. You can find a certain beauty in controlled chaos, and Amber proves this. Soulful vocals flutter through slowly and swirl back into the music as swiftly as they come.
Closing like an interrupted thought and demanding the replay button, Amber is as fluid and multifaceted as the thoughts, emotions, and life of its listener.
U 4 ALL
Mechanical breakbeat shatters and splinters as breathy, pitch-shifted vocals float by. Metallic kicks and snares slice through the atmospheric low end but don’t disrupt the track's overall course. The track moves through the spectrum of emotion like a grieving mind; anger, bargaining, accepting, and repeating. U For All finishes with a level of ambiguity while still feeling instinctive and relieving, like a bird disappearing into a dark horizon.
LIMELIGHT
Orchestral and atmospheric, Limelight begins at the end. Diving in headfirst, the track invokes a sense of longing – for information, understanding, connection. The song builds to something dark and solemn but intriguing, like a painful yet relieving realisation. Distorted vocals pull you out but leave you in a kind of aural limbo, unable to predict what’s next. There is a confused emptiness created by the repetitive build and release of synth that threatens to consume but is ultimately held together by the song's ability to transform with grace.
Mitigation
Soft and gentle, short and sweet. Mitigation is reminiscent of a child’s wind-up box but is far from childish. Like a big, cathartic breath before diving back underwater, you know comfort can’t last forever. Mitigation is a sentimental stroll through experience, a soundtrack for re-living bittersweet memories. Is the story it’s telling sad or happy? You decide.
Lithe Remix
A grimy, futuristic version. The limited vocals in the initial take the forefront and are supported by a comfortingly familiar breakbeat that has many shifting forms throughout the track. Deep bass rides in to support the weight of the vocals and drums. This one is one for some good headphones.
Small Crab Remix
Small Crab brings life to spaces that you didn’t know were there and bends the song into a new form. As primal beats keep time, industrial flairs slice through to create a sonic playground. One for a summer sunset disco by the water with your mates (minus the mosquitos).
Meanjin based record label pushing creative freedom and expression. Giving a home to all genres of electronica while putting an emphasis on the visual artist
Hong Kong's FuFu Records presents a compilation of electronic music from artists across Asia to raise money for One Tree Planted. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 22, 2021
Gently drifting techno where every element is soft focus and rippling around the edges, save for the sharp, crackling rhythms. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 16, 2020