Eleven structural layers on Oblique Minimalista bend, twist, drift, and collapse as glitch mechanisms weave through punchy, minimalist grooves.
Delectable electronic time-capsules hidden deep beneath the surface
Keiss, Stanislav Kovalev’s ongoing musical project, is full of slippery downtempo and sound design acrobatics revealing a multitude of delectable electronic time-capsules hidden deep beneath the surface. Eleven structural layers on Oblique Minimalista bend, twist, drift, and collapse as glitch mechanisms weave through punchy, minimalist grooves. With caution, these soundscapes reveal classic Brothomstates and Proem-style rhythms, where tightly wound melodic moods cascade in front of our eyes before dissolving and resurfacing in new shapes and forms.
Kovalev finds comfort in these polished glacial sparks, where soothing ambient rhythms intersect and corrosive waves smash against fractured beats. All the while, disparate field recordings meld harmoniously throughout as the album flows “neither parallel nor at a right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.” Keiss, as a result, skillfully transports the listener to a comfortable coordinate where IDM’s roots previously thrived. Meditative and intricate sonic splices are skillfully crafted, all focused on “slanted” sound-escapes that we’ll continue to repeat. Another excellent highlight for 2024.
Oblique Minimalista is available on Pulse State. [Bandcamp]
