Title: Emerging V/A
Artist: V/A
Label: Cultivated Electronics Ltd
Cat Number: CELTD09
Genre: Electro
A1: Anatta – IMOGEN
A2: Acute – Armes
B1: Electro Beats 1 – Sergey Timoshov
B2: Octro – Obzery
C1: Nightmare – Cyphon
C2: Valda – Khallian
D1: Weightless – Farack
D2: Creepin’ – Lindsay Green
This compilation on Cultivated Electronics Ltd aims to shine a light on some emerging names on the electro scene. Speaking as someone who doesn’t know their arse from their elbow as far as making music is concerned, but very much knows what floats his boat and refuses to grow old gracefully, I can say with some authority that this compilation is very good indeed. The tracks seem to have been ordered so that they peak in momentum with ‘Octro’, a nervous wreck of a tune, either side of which the beats fall away in various shades of intensity. ‘Electro Beats 1’ is a heavy, cushioned beat of a track, leading up to which are ‘Anatta’ and ‘Acute’ who register panic and portentousness respectively. ‘Nightmare’ is, in parts as disturbed as ‘Octro’, while ‘Valda’ is a slowed down space low ride. This slant feels further developed on the onomatopoeic piece ‘Creepin’’, before having been punctuated by the soaring synth funk of the similarly illustrativer ‘Weightless’. Overall this is a fine smorgasbord of new electro that showcases a range of styles which are united in both their subtlety and impact.
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