Standing as a testament to Yunx’s quiet mastery—Coevolve is an album that doesn’t demand attention, but earns it through its patient unraveling, revealing a duo attuned to the poetry of electronic music and its timelessness.
A patient unraveling of memory and momentum
After a lengthy pause following their formative forays into IDM during the late ’90s and early 2000s—recall Ai, Pitchcadet, Void, and their own Yunxrecordings—Iain Law and Darren Taberner (aka Yunx) have quietly returned to the fold. Their 2024 resurgence with Imagine The Future marked a contemplative reawakening—and now, with Coevolve, released on Touched Music, they deepen the arc with a record that whispers of past elegance while pulsing with fresh, colorful resolve. Echoes of their signature downtempo hues shimmer through the framework, surrounded by subtle melodic pieces and intricate percussive design.
What emerges is not just another collection of electronic pieces, but a patient unraveling of memory and momentum. Tracks such as “Use The Choke,” “0115 140524,” and “Seance Fact” tread a fine line between urgency and restraint, their precise rhythms grounding an undercurrent of emotional inertia. Meanwhile, “Science Friction” and “The Day Will Come” drift in a haze of softened global textures, suggesting distant places and faded futures.
The album breathes in and out like a machine half-lost in reverie, its more kinetic moments—like “Savoury Morsels” and the tongue-in-cheek “Is Percussion Over-rated”—never overtaking the stillness at its core and shining alongside artists like Plaid, Kettel, and Ochre. Interludes titled “Synthphoney” (1a & b, 2, 3, and 4) scatter like fragmented recollections, each a fragile sketch of structure and decay. Through these brief vignettes, Yunx’s influence flickers, shaping form from absence.
Ultimately, Coevolve feels less like a return and more like a soft continuation—a twilight reflection on time, circuitry, and the delicate pull of nostalgia. Standing as a testament to Yunx’s quiet mastery—Coevolve is an album that doesn’t demand attention, but earns it through its patient unraveling, revealing a duo attuned to the poetry of electronic music and its timelessness.
Coevolve is available on Touched Music. [Bandcamp]
