EFF DST – Incarnate (Album – Hymen Records)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Cinematic.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Dmitry Stepnov (Diffuzion) strikes back with the third official album of his solo-project EFF DST. “Incarnate” has been released five years after the last opus.
Content: The Belarusian artist brings us a dense and elaborated IDM-work. Heavy, blasting sound treatments and transcendental sequences have been mixed with danceable, Technoid, kicks. Other passages are more evasive and driven by down tempo rhythms accentuating a Cinematic influence.
+ + + : Each time I get flabbergasted by the unique sound treatments and also by the song structures ending in Trance and then becoming Experimental. The work features numerous great songs but I’ll mention the pure IDM-resonating “Shadowplay” and “Warped Peril”, the transcendental sensation emerging from “Lunacy” but also “Curse Reborn” for the crashing percussion sounds. The sound intelligence and sonic welfare this album has been accomplished took me by surprise. This is the best production I’ve heard from this artist. The album features a succession of great songs so I can only but salute the genius of Dmitry Stepnow who without a shadow of a doubt has released his magnum opus.
– – – : I noticed a very few Experimental/Glitch elements which aren’t my favorites but there’s no true reason to complain.I regret there’s no physical format available from this masterpiece.
Conclusion: “Incarnate” revealed an artist who hasn’t reinvented himself but who has just reached the highest degree of creativity and perfection.
Best songs: “Shadowplay”, “Warped Peril”, “Lunacy”, “Curse Reborn”, “Mournful Voices”, “Rebound”, “Sci Cry”.
Rate: 9.
Artist: www.effdst.com / www.facebook.com/eff.dst
Label: www.hymen-records.com / www.facebook.com/hymenrecords
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About EFF DST
EFF DST is the solo project of Belarusian artist Dmitry Stepnov, also known for his work as Diffuzion. “Incarnate” is the third official EFF DST album, released five years after its predecessor on Hymen Records, working in IDM and Cinematic territory.
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