Back in January I featured the music of Glasgow born, Malaga based musician Solipsism, some very long and very beautiful ambient tracks inspired by natural phenomena- sunrises, woodland, birdsong... that post is here. Now Solipsism has released an album on the reborn and vital Exeter label Mighty Force, Herbalism, ten tracks that explore a different aspect of electronic sound, acid and techno, much more rhythm driven tracks.
The opener Los Estafadores en el Paraiso sets Solipsism's stall out early with rapid fire drums, deep bass and acid squelches. It's followed by Frequency Mercenary, the drums once again the foreground and the focus. Synth stabs and FX as the decoration around the kinetic energy of the drum pattern and the distorted bassline. Sun King Summer leads off with the dull thud of the kick drum, then a breakbeat joins in, two rhythm tracks coming together. Eventually, Detroit sci fi synth chords, wobbling and bending, slide in. Sun King Summer exists on its own, absorbing your attention and shutting ot the outside world.
The rest of the album continues in the same vein- physical sounding rhythm tracks, breakbeats and drum patterns, kick drums and snares, acid FX, sub bass, processed synth chords and a kind of pure focus. Nothing extraneous, no distractions, just the serious business of groove and techno. This is Plant Pot Conspiracies, five minutes forty seconds of energy.
Buy/ listen at Bandcamp.
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