Konstantinos Gkoumas’ One going two big emerges as a dense convergence of left-field abstraction and subtly evolving electronic systems, projecting an elemental force shaped by fractured rhythms, arcane textures, and ever-shifting sonic passageways.
Mapping the unmapped: Gkoumas’ electronic terrain
What emerges as a vast convergence of left-field abstraction and slowly mutating electronic links, Konstantinos Gkoumas’ One going two big casts an elemental presence, brimming with arcane, fractured rhythms and elusive sonic corridors. Opening cut “Surface survey” stretches across eight and a half minutes, unfolding broken-beat atmospheres that breathe with quiet intention.
“Goat trance” follows, driven by glitch-laden impulses, distortion fray, and unruly rhythmic drive, before motion drifts into subtler terrain on “The secret is in the soil” and “These without names,” where skewed momentum gently unsettles forward flow. Pieces such as “db,” “Stromatographic disturbance,” and closing statement “pkpkpk” reveal quicksilver blips and bleeps, fluttering signals, and distant vintage circuitry recalling early Lexaunculpt or Phoenecia transmissions. Meanwhile, “Lat bomb” digs into sleek percussive form, uncovering a low-slung, funky downtempo grit.
Gkoumas navigates some of the most obscure signal paths this side of the Milky Way galaxy; standout track “Now and When” fractures into a labyrinth of clicks and cuts, leaving behind a dense conversation of intertwined electronic pulses that lingers far beyond immediate reach and summons those interested in exploratory electronic grids to join in.
One going two big is available on People Can Listen. [Bandcamp]
