Ambidextrous :: Grounded Rectangle (Mestnost)

Grounded Rectangle sets the stage for Ambidextrous’ vision of future worlds transcending into the past. It’s a voyage we weren’t expecting from the veteran Russian electronic music enthusiast, but one we’re also not surprised he has taken.

A vision of future worlds transcending into the past

Entangled in a sort of 70s Sci-Fi soundtrack, “Circular Motion” opens full-speed with bubbling synth grooves and lively drums through its eight and a half minute surplus of sweet sound effects and cascading tones. On the next piece, Nick Zavriev (aka Ambidextrous) drives the message even farther on “Reluctance Abuse” with its krautrock vs psychedelic soundscapes and subtle bleeps treading ever so carefully on classic rock elements. On the opus that’s “Minus Infinity,” 12-minutes elapse in this frenzied retro-synthesizer amalgam that feels like it came straight out of the early 80s—its elongated Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk composition is absolute synth bliss as “Marathon Machine” closes with shimmering neo-industrial landscapes spread over 13-minutes.

Grounded Rectangle sets the stage for Ambidextrous’ vision of future worlds transcending into the past. It’s a voyage we weren’t expecting from the veteran Russian electronic music enthusiast, but one we’re also not surprised he has taken. Much like the cover artwork (Canteen of the Rest House of the Union of Writers of Armenia, Lake Sevan, Armenia), the retro-futurism vision of the music on Ground Rectangle wholly matches up.

Grounded Rectangle is available on Mestnost. [Bandcamp]