Evelyn

Tremors b/w Pregunta

ESP Institute

ESP116

Evelyn

Tremors b/w Pregunta

ESP Institute

ESP116

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ARTIST
Evelyn
TITLE
Tremors b/w Pregunta
LABEL
ESP Institute
CAT NO.
ESP116
FORMAT
12"
RELEASE DATE
  • 01/09/2023 [INITIAL RELEASE]
TERRITORY
Worldwide
BARCODE
197189122095
GENRE
Bass Electronic Techno
FEATURING
Evelyn

TRACK LISTING

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  1. A. Tremors  ▾
  2. B. Pregunta  ▾

SALES NOTES

Evelyn spreads her wings and prepares to fly. This is her first offering for the ESP Institute. On side A, 'Tremors' slams together a plethora of seemingly disparate rhythms, organic percussion, field samples, hypnotic chants and a relentless low end punch, that when in full-swing, works some seriously deep sorcery. Contrasting her pounding kick and rolling sub combo are a softer grouping of melodies, soft mallets and muted tones that lay subtly beneath the aggression, skillfully playing with a sense of spatial depth and room size. Its the kind of track that draws you in with meditative bars, concentric cycles that sit ever so slightly off-axis, inducing the mind and body to obsess and regulating its timing, and then drops you into a very intentionally arranged soundstage giving expansive space to explore. On the flip, 'Pregunta' continues this approach of natural versus industrial instrumentation. The consistent machine kick has a powerful but playful tone, the negative space between each stroke evoking a mighty gesture as its note bends in the decay. Set in 3/4, a community of live percussion successively adds and subtracts, each player’s imperfect attack accumulating into a mechanically smeared and addictive loop that toys with peaks a handful of times yet restrains any unnecessary climax for the betterment of a driving groove. Near the end, as the kick and various players mute and the base of the track is given a moment to breathe, its apparent just how layered the production was in the moments prior, as we’re suddenly at home, smitten with the wobbly and lopsided innocence of the foundational percussion. These two songs will push you headfirst into the light.

Published: 20th July 2023

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