Calliope Music Weekly Roundup
October 12 - October 25, 2024
Reviewed Albums
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muuntautuja
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8/10 |
Best Tracks: Bioalkemisti -- Muuntautuja -- Valotus
A metallic serpent slithers around ancient caverns, shedding its scales in ritual for an awakening. That is, the Eternal Serpent is released, feeding off dense Psychedelics and surging Metal.
Finnish Avant-metal group, Oranssi Pazuzu strikes the ear with a special sound, heavy in their razor-like guitar and synth, and slippery in their inebriating bass slides and kick drums. Pervasive rhythms unleash onto the listener, pulling them into a vortex of buzz; sinking bleeding teeth into shamanistic industrialism. Although not every segment is paced with equally succinct movements, the sound is emphatic; a bending alloy of slithering invocations.
TURQUOISEDEATH - Kaleidoscope
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7/10 |
Best Tracks: Limbo -- Hold Tight -- Leviathan Sanctuary -- So Far Away
Over the past few years, London-based producer, TURQUOISEDEATH (Turq) has put the Drum and Bass scene on notice. Their newest record is more of the same, further heightening their brand of kaleidoscopic atmospherics and fluent Jungle beats.
Turq's sound has a tendency to sneak up on the listener, polished enough at first glance, but thoroughly entrancing at second. Mesmerizing synth leads and reverberating waves of background melody swim along delectable bass arrangements, capturing an ultramodern aesthetic. These crystalline tones are matched with swaying progressions, bolstered by upbeat percussion and liquid timbres. Of course, the genres at play can be quite restricting and leave little room for innovation, but Turq does a great job at building creative movements while staying true to their Drum and Bass roots. It isn't necessarily a monumental breakthrough, but Kaleidoscope's vast atmospherics and imaginative beat-work excite nonetheless, expanding the horizon for the future of Breakbeat music.
ian - Goodbye Horses
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3/10 |
Best Tracks: My Call -- Hate Me
Plastic claps and tin hi-hats meet a barrage of mucky Memphis 808s as glossy Bling-era synths warble in shiny Drill beats. St. Louis rapper, ian flaunts wealth and weed with equally vain Trap flows, landing in the empty space between promising production and derivative writing.
While the general sound is vapid, the candid embrace of filthy bass arrangements and overly opulent synthetics hit hard when in line with genuine melodies. Alas, this connection is sparsely realized, instead drowning in imitative progressions and murky aesthetics. A severe lack of fresh direction pulls Goodbye Horses into the vast pit of insipid reprints.
Other Notable Releases
Charli XCX - Brat and it's completely different but also still brat
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6/10 |
Best Track: Girl, so confusing featuring lorde
Tucker Zimmerman - Dance of Love
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5/10 |
Genres: Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriter, Country Blues
Best Track: Burial at Sea
glaive - May It Never Falter
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5.5/10 |
Genres: Emo Rap, Digicore
Best Track: EVERYDOG HAS ITS DAY
Touché Amoré - Spiral in a Straight Line
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6/10 |
Best Track: Force of Habit
Yeat - Lyfestyle
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4.5/10 |
Genres: Rage
Best Track: Forever Again
Jean Dawson - Glimmer of God
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5.5/10 |
Genres: Alt-Pop, Art Pop
Best Track: Play Dead
Confidence Man - 3AM (LA LA LA)
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6/10 |
Genres: Dance-Pop, Euro House
Best Track: WHO KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND
Kelly Lee Owens - Dreamstate
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5.5/10 |
Best Track: Love You Got
Christopher Owens - I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair
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6/10 |
Genres: Singer-Songwriter, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Best Track: I Know
Machine Girl - MG Ultra
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6.5/10 |
Genres: Digital Hardcore
Best Track: Psychic Attack
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