Erratic yet unusually serene; offering a glimpse into a kaleidoscope of off-kilter synth sketches, rough IDM underpinnings, and sprinkling mellifluous tones around the margins.
The blips, bleeps, and blistering tracks flow
Reminiscent of a bygone era when labels such as Toytronic, Neo Ouija, City Centre Offices, Pause_2, and others in the sparkling IDM electronic scene kept pushing the limits of melody, noise, and lovely fluttering synth work. These are the rough coordinates that Rob Buse inhabits; a music producer and plugin developer at Lectric Panda, also known as Carpet Soup, who resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. ESDI follows a steady path and is influenced by the nostalgia of yesteryear, with 21 tunes that sputter just beyond the edges. Through rudimentary frameworks, braindance acrobatics, and ambient electronic linkages, the blips, bleeps, and blistering tracks flow on ESDI.
The extended pieces, such as the synth strands of “Mow Polytype,” the Gimmik-infused melodic fibers of “Flid Bob,” the shuffling glitch mechanisms of “Sodium Vapor Twilight,” and the scattered technoid artifacts of “Swomp Clib,” captivate us among many brisk and bumpy interludes throughout. Carpet Soup merely transports us a few decades into the past to reimagine what the future might sound like. ESDI—as well as Carpet Soup’s May 2024 debut Volume 1—feel erratic yet unusually serene; offering a glimpse into a kaleidoscope of off-kilter synth sketches, rough IDM underpinnings, and sprinkling mellifluous tones around the margins.
ESDI is available on Lectric Panda. [Bandcamp]
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