Mimetic – Deepfakes (Digital EP – Les Arts Minis)
Genre/Influences: Dark-techno, IDM.
Background/Info: Once he was involved with Von Magnet, but Jérôme Soudan mainly gained his recognition as Mimetic. For more than 20 years he’s unleashing his work under this moniker. “Deepfakes” is his latest exposure released earlier this year and featuring three songs.
Content: The title song takes off with a dark-techno sound. The track features multiple effects and a dark canvas of noises. We next get another new song entitled “When We Were YπY” featuring Ah-Cama Sotz. This is another technoid-driven cut characterized by a hard kick, a dry snare and a flat bass line. The last song “Gone” gets us back to the EP “Maidenhead” and has been remixed by ManuHeme (who’s a name which doesn’t ring a bell).
+ + + : Jérôme Soudan remains a real reference when it comes to sophisticated electronic music. Throughout the years his creation became more techno-inspired, and also touched by true sound intelligence. The title song is a cool illustration of the artist’s evolution in sound. I especially like the dark technoid approach. The song featuring Ah-Cama Sotz is another cool exposure and it’s an interesting collaboration between two industrial veterans who moved on techno territories.
– – – : Speaking for myself Mimetic is maybe and progressively becoming a little bit too techno-driven.
Conclusion: This EP is not the best work I’ve heard from this inspiring artist, but it remains a fascinating experience.
Best songs: “Deepfakes”, “When We Were YπY featuring Ah-Cama Sotz”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.facebook.com/mimeticofficial
Label: www.facebook.com/lesartsminis
About Mimetic
Mimetic is the long-running solo outlet of French-born, Berlin-based artist Jérôme Soudan. Soudan was previously a member of the Berlin collective Column One and separately involved with Von Magnet before continuing alone under the Mimetic name for more than 20 years, as stated in this review. In a Click Interview published the following month, Soudan said Mimetic “is actually born in Berlin” out of an industrial-experimental background rather than the techno scene, and traced his training to a classical music education before moving into experimental, electro-acoustic and rock circles. “Deepfakes” preceded the retrospective “RVSTD1:1998-2019” (2019, Les Arts Minis), the subject of that same Click Interview.
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