Taking elements of sub-bass frequency bending, jungle, drum’n bass, minimal tones and acrobatic percussion, Microfluidics is an ebb and flow of sublime textures.
[Release page] There’s just so much to digest when it comes to electronic music and all of its interconnected genre-leanings. Such is the case with Subminimal’s Microfluidics EP—its tentacles of melodic shuffling filled to the brim with broken beats and shattered synth-lines. And with such an apt name for this project, Subminimal offers a dosage of tranquilized audio data for Iceland’s Möller Records.
Taking elements of sub-bass frequency bending, jungle, drum’n bass, minimal tones and acrobatic percussion, Microfluidics is an ebb and flow of sublime textures. The title track emanates an early Photek sheen—its loosened strands of bass and beat dribble among ambient spheres of darkness. The light begins to shine through on “Bocchords,” yet another syncopated drum affair with pleasantly evolved melodic weaving reminiscent of early Toytronic days. “Awareness” exudes a microscopic drum’n bass feel—its low-end submerged in a haze of fog and low-flying particles of acidic color. “Future Echos,” perhaps the pillar of this five-pack, begins in a droned-out cyberspace of eerie pulses and eventually breaks through woofers with its hypnotizing bass emissions of gritty industrialized flutter. “Subient” closes in a transcendental groove, its atmospheric pressure elevated above a wave of Selected Ambient Works-era Aphex Twin. Layers of debris transmit their aural luster and create for a well-balanced EP of subterranean minimalism at its finest. Fans of Photek, A Guy Called Gerald and even early Karsten Pflum will enjoy Microfluidics‘ magnetic appeal.
Microfluidics is available on Möller. [Release page]
