Boyd Schidt – Medievalist Warhead (Mini-Album – Sonic Groove)
Genre/Influences: Industrial-Techno, Minimal-Electro.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Georgian Leon Lolishvili aka Boyd Schidt is active as a producer, DJ and label owner (2529 KM). He released his first work for Sonic Groove.
Content: The five tracks of this work are clearly carried by raw, Industrial-like Techno music. Other passages are driven by Minimal-Electro arrangements revealing another and more creative side of the artist.
+ + + : I like this work for its diversity. The Industrial-Techno style has been perfectly assimilated with a more minimal- and intelligent approach, which is mainly emerging at “Defining The Demon” and “Ataraxia 11”. Both cuts have been achieved with great sound manipulations.
– – – : Some passages are a bit too repetitive for my taste (cf. “Steff Unno Son Dri”), but in the end it’s just one track.
Conclusion: Boyd Schidt sounds like the right- and promising newcomer to the Sonic Groove label roster.
Best songs: “Defining The Demon”, “Ataraxia 11”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/boydschidt
Label: www.sonicgroove.com / www.facebook.com/Sonicgrooverecords
About Boyd Schidt
Boyd Schidt is the techno project of Levan “Leon” Lolishvili from Tbilisi, Georgia, active on the local scene since 2010. He is a resident DJ at Club KHIDI in Tbilisi and runs the label 2529 KM. He also forms one half of the duo Greenbeam & Leon with Vulkanski.
His discography starts with the EP “Beware Of A Boyd Schidt” on FRONT Digital in 2010, followed by “Bloody On EP” on FVF Records in 2012, “Burning Man EP” on Emote Music in 2013 and the 12″ “Structure” on Wavereform in 2014. Further vinyl EPs appeared on Otake Records with “Places EP” in 2016 and “4 A.M.” in 2018, while “Artificial Intelligence” came out on NovaFuture Recordings in 2020 and “Bent Images” on Diffuse Reality in 2021.
“Medievalist Warhead” is his first release for the Berlin-based Sonic Groove label. He returned to the label in 2022 with a track on the benefit compilation “Stand Up In Defiance: A Benefit For Ukraine”.
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