Resting Cell is a true synth player and can really draw up some extremely vivid musical landscapes—places we can all escape to if need be. There’s no resting grey matter here.
A true synth player that really draws up some extremely vivid musical landscapes
I’ve been a fan of Resting Cell’s music ever since I first heard the Cellular Damage release in 2014 on the short lived Atlanta label Body Control Records. It seems Kyle Scotese has been a busy man ever since. Running the VUR label he still manages to remain active in pushing out his own material and it never disappoints me.
Heavy on the Roland gear, Resting Cell’s daisy chain loops in circlular motion, flutter with enough flex and melodic experimentation that it serves a tasty platter of sound. Scotese manoeuvres around his studio effortlessly selecting and building such a subtle groove. You wait patiently for his music to reach that pivotal point, where it reveals its heart. Track one, “Evokor,” sounds like a flower slowly opening up toward the sun. Simple, natural beauty.
After the opening track, the album soon changes mood. “Return Us To Cells” has a very early Aphex Twin naivety about it. For some reason my thoughts are Christmas Techno. It is the audio equivalent of all the trimmings shimmering and dancing with joy. Very playful and inoffensive. A great party tune and very friendly to your head and feet.
Resting Cell offers a catalogue of styles. First serious beauty, then almost goofy playfulness. This is a producer that is making sure that fun is first on the menu when it comes to switching on his toys. “Holofilm Sample” is a groovy 303 driven electro break. This sounds like Kyle has stolen The Egyptian Lover’s 808 and he’s immediately in pursuit of him. Twenty first century old-skool production here.
Other tracks sound like they have a more sinister style to them. In fact I thought that Holofilm was a play on words, maybe horror film? Which is what “Misery Cell” sounds like. The track sounds shorter than it is. Some sort of weird cellular mind trick going on here. It sounds like a magic spell.
I’m well over the halfway mark on the album, when a track begins that sounds like the end of a rainstorm. The sun comes up and out pops a “Mushroom Tower.” I don’t want to say too much about this track, if anything at all. Sometimes it’s just too difficult to explain anything when something takes you by surprise. Cute and imaginary. It’s a real treat.
Resting Cell is a true synth player and can really draws up some extremely vivid musical landscapes—places we can all escape to if need be. There’s no resting grey matter here. I highly recommend Cellular Memory and I cannot wait to hear more and with this guys love of music. There sure will be more.
Cellular Memory is available on Virtual Urban.
