Crypthios – Fading Coast (Album – Cryo Chamber)
Genre/Influences: Cinematic, Experimental.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: One year after the debut-album “Vestigium”, Simeon Popov strikes back with the second opus of his Crypthios project.
Content: The sound universe of the new work remains driven by an explicit Cinematic sound approach. The work is however evolving into a more Experimental sound approach. The tracks have been built up with impressive, numerous, field recordings. You’ll also notice slow, broken beats getting the work more accessible. The music is moving in between darkness and more evasive parts.
+ + + : The album sounds like an imaginary sonic collage. The project remains atypical to the Cryo Chamber roster although the Cinematic style remains connected to what we’re used to discovering on the Swedish label. The slow rhythm is an interesting aspect of this composition. I also noticed a few poignant cuts like the dreamy, but beautiful last cut “Sunrise” which is a cool apotheosis. Another magic cut is the more Experimental “A Place To Live” which is characterized by multiple sound effects.
– – – : The album is enjoyable but sometimes missing a few extra elements to speak about a true successful work.
Conclusion: Crypthios enlarges Cryo Chamber’s sonic horizon by an album which is definitely apart from the ‘classical’ Cinematic productions.
Best songs: “Sunrise”, “A Place To Live”, “I Saw Them As Their Fins Were Splitting The Sky”.
Rate: 8.
Label: www.cryochamberlabel.com / www.facebook.com/CryoChamber
About Crypthios
Crypthios is the solo project of Simeon Popov, built around a post-apocalyptic concept and signed to Cryo Chamber. The project debuted on the label with the album “Vestigium” on 19 August 2022, an ambient-electronic work with cinematic passages that Side-Line rated 7½. Popov followed it with the third Crypthios album, “Awakening”, released on 1 October 2024.
“Fading Coast” is the second Crypthios album, arriving roughly one year after “Vestigium” and continuing the project’s cinematic, field-recording-driven approach.
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