As Diamat embraces an electronic engagement of digital versus instrumental processes, they uniformly take elements of pure energy and melt them into vehement ambient, techno and shoegaze passages.
Not necessarily parallel to port-royal—even though Attilio Bruzzone is co-founder and composes for the band—Diamat is a distinctive entity comprised of Attilio Bruzzone, Andrea Zangrandi and Dergar member Christos Garmpidakis. Associated artists aside, Being is the Sum of Appearing embarks on a fuzzy stylistic mixture—from shoegaze to pure technoid electronics peppered with ambient flutter. It’s all the above and more as melodic tentacles veer into Syntaks-inspired echoes. Escalating tension-compression streams evolve from dusty strings, vintage electronic devices and atmospheric symphonies. An ebb and flow of rhythms emerge and contract as they break down into bits, stretched into harmonious facades, and ultimately propelled into emotional, beat-drenched sound escapes.
Predominately ambient within its shell, a soaked techno formation pours into these audible slices of life, built up and again broken down until nothing is left but a sliver to grasp onto. This slow start and eventual full-steam ahead evolution is perfectly captured on “Misunderstood pt.1,” an enraptured and beautiful sonic landscape. Reversed and lightly brushed vocals appear on “Shane Vendrell” as emotionally distressed shades are revealed via piano keys and classical constructs. Diamat doesn’t let up especially on the opening piece. “I Can Love You Only If You Don’t Love Me” sprinkles synthesized particles that coalesce as melodic symphony spheres appear and disappear. “Painkillers” features eroded guitars washed in a drum-haze assemblage that simmers and takes form through ambient stretches and cascading saccharine synth-lines. “Zrolocik” rattles out sizzling sheets which eventually transform into lush plateaus filled with percussive sparks. Diamat’s astute ability to evolve contagious and enlightening electronics is the key to this listening experience.
As Diamat embraces an electronic engagement of digital versus instrumental processes, they uniformly take elements of pure energy and melt them into vehement ambient, techno and shoegaze passages. Such a passionate flow of interwoven electronics fades into and out of focus creating an inspired and evocative debut.
Being is the Sum of Appearing is available on n5MD. [Release page]
