Two new releases on Hymen
Apr 23, 14:48 by Stefan KoopmanschapSUBSTANZ-T. BEYOND E. CD. HYMEN ¥756
there is one trend in substanz-t’s musical development and that is its
uniqueness. that is, substanz-t does not have just one sound. the chilling ambience of tripped experiences was followed by the hip-hop influenced electric opium; the moods may change but the vibe never will. four years have passed, and that vibe is still within ‘beyond e’.
substanz-t has traded electric opium’s roughness for hypnotic, almost
melancholic sentiments. this album is a perfect merger of downtempo beats, post-psychedelic electronica, driving electric bass pulses and soulful vocals. synth lines, sequences and striking effects are kept together by varied rhythms – which expertly balance acoustic and electronic instrumentation. all the while, a manipulated, manipulating voice calls you… listening to substanz-t’s music is like being sucked into a black hole – you never know what is waiting beyond… new colour. new dimension. new value.
release date: 19april2k7
HECQ. 0000. 2CD. HYMEN ¥758
hecq can be seen as a phenomenon: an artist who consistently shows his amazing skills in creating new sound, a producer that works with musical technology and presents remixes that spotlight unseen facets in the work of other musicians. boysen is more than an expert knob twidler; the listener can easily hear that there is a sensitive human being operating the controls. on 0000, atmospheric soundscapes meet sharp cadences and abrupt breaks which leads the enthralled listener into hecq’s world – an audiobook without a narrator. cd2 is a collection of hecq remixes and collaborations by nine different artists (some of them yet unknown – rekt, sytrjv, phylum sinter…) and others that are familiar (mad ep, snog, nebulo, newt, ginormous…). sounds range from syncopated electronic surveys and threatening soundtrack ambience to a chilling sound carpet that is accompanied by a voice that every hymen records’ listener should know… one should be careful whenmaking bold statements but this is hecq’s best album and it will be one of the electronica landmarks in 2007.
release date: 26april2k7