It’s Cancelled is a top-tier EP for 2024, and is a strong and comprehensive collection of six tracks with mind-blowing tectonic tempos, low-flying bass-beats, and magnetized electro-nics.
Percussive acrobatics and synth strands floating away
With his latest EP, It’s Cancelled, featuring diffused electronics on the A-Side and menacing drum infestations on the B-Side, Serge Geyzel keeps pounding beats and bass into oblivion. Adepta Editions expertly compiles these recordings onto vinyl and digital media, emphasizing timeless limited editions. While “Take Your Time And Be Mine” deftly walks the line between Plaid-infused melodics and Clark’s shuffling rhythms, “Before the Silence Came” features fuzzy electrical sound fields that eventually collapse, while Serge Geyzel crafts his distinctive characteristic textures. With percussive acrobatics and synth strands floating away, “Come Closer” bookends the A-Side.
Conversely, “Renamed” kicks a hole in our bass bins with its rough outer shell that combines parts of MBM and DHS staccato beat work (listen to Man From Mantis on Love Love to compare and contrast). It seems like Geyzel has flipped a mystical switch and gone completely drum focused. The title track (B3) ends with an avalanche of glitchy blips and bleeps covering the landscape with rough and funky rhythms, while “Out of Context” continues to push low-wobbling dub limits with rapid fire beats, bass, and distortion.
It’s Cancelled is a top-tier EP for 2024, and is a strong and comprehensive collection of six tracks with mind-blowing tectonic tempos, low-flying bass-beats, and magnetized electro-nics. Those who enjoy imprints like Love Love, Touched Music, Analogical Force, and brokntoys ought to pay attention.
Performed by Serge Geyzel
Mastered by Gabriel Covacich @ Pressure Alley Studio
Art by Vesna Vrdoljak
Design by Aplauso Studio
Curated by Peter Furlan
Distributed by Clone.nl
It’s Cancelled is available on Adepta Editions on June 6, 2024. [Bandcamp]
