Black Magic Recordings bursts onto the scene with aenemonae’s dazzling debut—a tight, three-track suite where retro soul collides with future-facing sonics. In just 15 minutes, electro, breakbeat, and braindance melt into a seamless, electrified voyage.
Stunningly executed. Unpredictable. Utterly alive.
Maryland’s own Black Magic Recordings launches with a dazzling debut from aenemonae—a three-track suite that burns bright with retro soul and forward-facing sonics. In just fifteen electrified minutes, this audio alchemist melts electro, breakbeat, and braindance into a seamless voyage.
Opener “cloudpleaser” zips straight into orbit, slicing through layers of abstract rhythmic funk with breakneck momentum, channeling an era when beats popped and hissed from dusty drum machines and hand-wired synths. “staring back” follows with a dive into analog labyrinths—warm circuits humming with raw voltage—reviving the pulse of past decades and refracting it through an IDM lens sharpened to crystal. Closing chapter “both of us alone” erupts with acid-laced brilliance, bubbling like Global Goon in his prime, twisting and coiling with the chaotic grace of early Aphex Twin. It’s a fractured yet magnetic ride—drenched in color, unmoored from categorization, and pulsating with a nostalgia that never feels dated.
Stunningly executed. Unpredictable. Utterly alive.
both of us alone is available on Black Magic. [Bandcamp]
