A landmark of visual-audio panoramas, Nev.Era delves into a tangible electronic music trove that reveals more about our terrestrial planet than we ever thought possible.
Sergio Mesa (aka Nev.Era), Spain’s finest in the exp-electronic arts, finally reveals a full-length album with Aisla (translated to Isolates), following the effervescent cosmic flows of his Microgravedad 3-track EP—also on Disomnia. Having followed Nev.Era on various EP’s over the years—in particular for Discontinu and Lovethechaos—he continuously displays emotive moods without holding back. Crafting music that expands and unfolds layer by layer, Aisla hones in on the artists impacting instrumentation and evocative electronics.
Aisla‘s standout “Turbonada” features transportive techno brush-strokes against fluid hypnotic rhythms that don’t let up. Taking the listener gracefully through vast Martian landscapes, the trek through rocky sand dunes is intimate and secluded. Elsewhere you’re likely to bump into broken electrical shards, cascading ambient clicks (“Subducción”), and melodic bursts as evidenced on “Magma,” a singular and intense modular buzz. Nev.era’s use of rich sound textures are restless and aim to break free. “Descompresión” utilizes minuscule sonic fragments to deliver its message of lonely decay as bits and bytes are tangled into synthesized drones. A certain form of audible erosion occurs on Aisla. Take “Nube,” for example, where eradicated beats and bleeps are ravished by intense harmonic light bursts. Retooling IDM genre contours, Aisla dips into 4×4 beats more often than not, “Distancia” and “Erupción” being the quintessential go-to pieces where floating pads, peppered vocal clips and downtempo swells weave into and out of the landscape.
Aisla is all of the above and then some. A landmark of visual-audio panoramas, Nev.Era delves into a tangible electronic music trove that reveals more about our terrestrial planet than we ever thought possible. Fans of port-royal and The Orb take note.
Aisla is available on Disomnia.
