Taking sound design to another level, melodies are buried underneath a plethora of low-end bass emissions. Twisting itself around dub, breaks, electro, hip-hop and minute shadows of rave culture, this extended player is the quintessential summer companion—rounded with bright blips, bleeps and bubbling harmonies.
[Release page | Bandcamp] With a handful of EP’s since 2010, Ian McDonell (aka Eomac) has kept a steady pace of etching new ground and the Eomac EP continues its foray of subliminal melodic echoes of dub and electro. This self-titled EP for Acroplane—purveyors of low-flying sonic emissions—is a delectable slice of clips and distortions. Filled with flowing rhythm bumps on the introspective bleeps of “Apache,” Eomac sets the stage for an subliminal electronic windstorm. “Dramutic” cascades in crisp melodic form, subdued clip-hop falls from the edges as strained vocals slither across a plethora of electrical details. “Slide FX”—a darker electro-inspired workout—shivers with lyrical strands and crunched percussion as it scales upwards into dance-floor mask hysteria. “It’s nice to be where nobody is” breaks through a veil of Theremin-styled audio bending offering a nostalgic slice of life as memories flash above tense beat patterns. Closing with the more aggressively tuned “The Feeling”—which seems to be fueled by Clark-styled propulsion—this track pounds the eardrums as washed-out rave anthems collide into each other. An eventual reconfiguration of “The Feeling”—near its final descent—takes twisted basslines and shimmies them between aquatic tweaking.
Eomac administers a finesse and charm within his music, rustic and imperfect as it may seem. Taking sound design to another level, melodies are buried underneath a plethora of low-end bass emissions. Twisting itself around dub, breaks, electro, hip-hop and minute shadows of rave culture, this extended player is the quintessential summer companion—rounded with bright blips, bleeps and bubbling harmonies. Reminscent of recent Rumpistol, early A Guy Called Gerald and The Orb, Acroplane delivers the goods—once again. Moving at full speed in a slow-motion blur of electronics, the Eomac EP‘s only negative is its rather short duration. And considering that Aphex Twin has allegedly taken interest in the form of threading unreleased Eomac tracks within his sets in 2011, be prepared for a sonic massage of the mind and feet.
Eomac is available on Acroplane. [Release page | Bandcamp]
