A little release from Mood 24 Record’s artist Gri, entitled, ‘Hert’, indicates that original mixes of original tunes is enough shut off the outside world and be totally consumed by an entire sky of stars reflected in the ripples of a local water supply flowing gently.
An original mix such as, ‘Archaeos Penn’ that itches along like some futuristic carnival arriving into a town, nightmarish but also the content of some childish dreamland. The minimal bubbles float to the surface of multicoloured waters, the clattering drums and clicking rhythms cling to every edge of fragile force; the occasional screech of a siren, the pulsating push and shove of extraterrestrial instruments representing the song as something truly alien, truly magic.
Second number in, ‘Hert’, makes use of more unusual percussion devices; still melodic, still moving. It still manages to build and build with layers of loving noise, but it stays concise, well constructed and precise to every part. Clockwork mechanisms of drums beat along, blurred melodies of keys hiss and hum in the background, as though wind blowing through the trees, as though witnessing nature develop throughout the ages: a rave from then to now as evolution grows.
Last number, ‘Verds’, comes across more funky, more loose but still a piece of quality production validating the fact that less is always more. The moist rattles of drums slip and slither onto every platform, the disjointed beats break like broken bones; the delicate flushes of sounds indicate there’s a warm heart pumping in a body of cold blood, tactile and electrified like some robot flicking through a instruction manual on how to operate its own hips.
Splitting, splicing and separated the irrational palpitations of sounds sway back and forth to soothing motions that aim to repeat, that aim to relax in their own heavenly way that confirms this album as something that at the flick of a switch can be listened to, and enjoyed on both the dance-floor, or in the bedroom. No matter what though: intimate and interesting are two key words that flow with excellent coherence of this entrancing EP.
Ryan Walker
