Amorphous – Stigmergy (Album – Razgrom Music)
Genre/Influences: EBM.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: The fifth studio album by Brazilian Amorphous was released in December 2021. The work is inspired by ‘the cognitive processes involved in Human Stigmergic Coordination as an artificial intelligence system’.
Content: Gil O. Santos has been always driven by good-old EBM vibes and “Stigmergy” doesn’t sound that different. It’s an intelligent sound format which takes off with minimal sound treatments and cold atmospheres. Menacing bass lines are emerging while the darkness of the work reminds me of Vomito Negro. The ghost-like vocals totally fit this music.
+ + + : Amorphous is a project I’ve always fully supported and I’m still thinking it never got a deserved recognition. The production is well-crafted and achieved with intelligent- and minimal sound treatments. The dark string parts have something overwhelming while the bass lines are hostile. Amorphous also stands for danceable music.
– – – : I only regret this work only features 8 songs. The artwork doesn’t look that professional, but the music does!
Conclusion: “Stigmergy” is a new and successful, intelligent EBM production by Amorphous.
Best songs: “I’m Not Real”, “Precious Moment”, “Generation X”, “Blackhole”.
Rate: 8.
Listen to “Stigmergy”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/amorphous.sound
Label: www.razgrom.com / www.facebook.com/pages/Razgrom-Music/218060094876247
About Amorphous
Amorphous is the EBM project of Brazilian musician Gil O. Santos. Side-Line has covered the project twice in interview, first in March 2017 and again in a ‘Click Interview’ with Amorphous published in November 2020.
The recorded output starts with “Behaviourism” and “Remixes” in 2015, followed by “Shapeshifting” in 2016 and “Shapeless” in 2017. Semantics Productions released the 13-track “Live @ Dark EBM Souls 5.0” in 2019 and “Moth Metaphor” followed in 2020.
“Stigmergy” was released in December 2021 through Razgrom Music and Semantics Productions, with the EP “Confinamiento” issued the same year. The project later returned with “Skepticism” in 2024.
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