Ballet for Four People cuts a section through a myriad of found-sounds and bubbling synths, where broken notes and low-end rumbling grooves flutter, spark, and eventually explode.
A cacophony of glitchy tunes
Budapest-based electronic musician Gabor Nemerov (aka Nemerov) finds just the right balance on these nine tracks of fidgety rhythms and bleep strands from the 90s, recalling earlier founding fathers coming from the Rephlex, Warp, and Planet Mu camp. Ballet for Four People cuts a section through a myriad of found-sounds and bubbling synths, where broken notes and low-end rumbling grooves flutter, spark, and eventually explode (ref. “qrilvae,” as a prime example.) And yet with all the abstract noises, there’s an industrial pulse buried deep within, as if Richard Devine’s machinery were left on randomly generated best patterns as evidenced on “oorlk” and “inserz miirc.”
Nemerov also finds calmer segments to relax its crumpled electronic counterparts. “The Fool” bounces softer pitter-patter ambient electronica as “vlpes” opens the window to display a warm panorama of drifting atmospheric motifs and the eight-minute architectural bliss of “vsper” could loop infinitely without wear. Considering we should have kept following the artist since his Automated Dances EP (EXILES, 2021), we’re fully charged—now that Ballet for Four People has seen the light of day. What a cacophony of glitchy tunes (ref. “liebeslied zwei”) setting itself up as a reminder that braindance is alive and well.
Ballet for Four People is available on Bandcamp.
