Although Vails has enough dexterity to travel between genres, his synthwave sensibility seems to stand out, which could be a very promising direction for future releases.
Author: Cris Quizzik
Daniel Avery :: Ultra Truth (Mute / Phantasy Sound)
Ultra Truth is a must have album not only for expressing Daniel Avery’s roots and shouting revival music to old heads, but for providing history to young electronic music fans in a contemporary couverture.
Rival Consoles :: Now Is (Erased Tapes)
Operating with his characteristic scattering synth stabs and textured reverbs, the artist created a quite mysterious piece composed with beautiful sound elements that roll in and out gently in a superb mix work.
Max Cooper :: Unspoken Words (Mesh)
Unspoken Words is a work of art that not only shows how skillful in details Max Cooper is as a musician, but also how passionately he can express himself through music.
Lextron :: Trajectory (VLSI)
A solid and rich release with the power to take you to the good old IDM-era and to also pull you right back to the present, with the use of contemporary elements.
QNTM CTRL :: The Eagle And The Senses EP (Oblivious Transfer)
It’s an extraterrestrial sonic experience composed with sample and timbre choices which, accompanied by the album artwork and a comic illustration insert sheet, take you to a journey through space in a dime.
Valance Drakes :: A Patternless And Endless Soul (YUKU)
While listening to this work one can relate to sounds from a slow-paced edIT to Funkstörung, Matmos, Burial and Autechre, all mixed together inside a Gregorian-reverbing chamber.