Hector is about to release his new offering, entitled, ‘The Thrill’ and distributed through, ‘Inmotion Music’; it is a remarkable little slice of escapism utilizing the simplest of tools to produce the most massive of musical stamps: minimalism doesn’t mean not massive.
Never before has the word, ‘bass’ been so appropriate to describe and detail what this EP contains; at times a reflective period of comatose call and responses, at others a release of pure adrenaline. As though such an instrument used with such a well executed, perfect timed and punchy degree, deserves its own round of applaud for being this good.
Opening number ‘The Thrill’ is a blend of surreal percussion and ultimate power that could add a rippled to any glass of water and a tidal wave to any ocean with all its bass, bounce and badness. It’s a track playing with the silence and stabbing a sharp edge through a soft texture with a leakage of rather demonic atmospheric gasses that surround the body of this bestial number. The jaws of hell open, the lights are doused down a touch, and the reverberations bashing against the walls will carry you to places unheard of before dusk.
The Natthan Barato remix adds a more tropical and warm feel to the tune as opposed to the once chilling and cold complexion that made the song so great. Its funky desires, bold agility, jubilant motion, and colourful array of bass, rattle and repetition sway it on a string unwilling to snap but ready to erupt at any moment before the drop. The noises of factories, warehouses and abandoned buildings still intact, but the heat of the night is surrounding everybody’s being entrancing them in a fabulous fold of gold, silver, steam and science-fiction drama with as much climax and chaos as one person could possibly take in a nightlong sitting of staying up late.
Third tune in, ‘Closer’, remixed by Hanfry Martinez and Javier Carbello, robotic and robust, repetitive and pulsating with a deep breath for every heartbeat; it picks and pulls apart the most orthodox of angles and twists them into a completely original piece. Clicking along with a surging stampede of inner-city sounds and climbing forward with shakiness but a sturdy manner all the same; it is a heavy number for raving to in a crop field; spooky, sharp and sexy all the same. The original mix of, ‘Closer’ ends the EP and it’s a place where the term, ‘thrill’ fits in best. Imagine flashing lights and sea of people; imagine monolith architectures and perfect sky where the moonlight just slots itself through the passage of clouds; a build that could break down opposite buildings as well as bodily reflexes that twitch and jerk to a tune capable of consuming everything in its wonderful wake.
Never failing to deliver us safely to the other side post-climax; every wobble and weird hiss of hysteria gives this EP a stunning quality. It brings a great deal of peace to the mind when thinking of how something so short, can encapsulate a soaring scene of development using few colours but exploding in a starburst of colour. Looks like the thrill is all we need; the thought of what we’ve done can come later…much later!
Ryan Walker
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