EUS – Vhinto No Dresce (Album – Avalanche Organisation)
Genre/Influences: Dark-Ambient, Soundscape, Cinematic, Experimental.
Format: Digital, Cassette.
Background/Info: Originally released in 2011, “Vhinto No Dresce” was the debut album of the Costa Rican solo-project EUS. Driven by Jose Acuñ, EUS released multiple other productions. The debut opus has now been reactivated and released on cassette format featuring the five original songs plus one bonus cut.
Content: EUS built up its sonic universe by repetitive, long duration, sound waves. It creates a dark and yet relaxing sensation with a strong Cinematic appeal.
+ + + : I like the abyssal sensation emerging from this creation. It sounds dark and yet dreamy, awakening a visual appeal. The bonus cut is accentuated by a Cinematic approach and is my favorite track. I also have to say a word about the sober, but cool artwork of the cassette format.
– – – : The work becomes rapidly predictable and is missing a climax.
Conclusion: This kind of music never suffers from the weight of time; it sounds like it was composed today.
Best songs: “Aire”.
Rate: 6½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/euscr
Label: https://avalancheorg.net / www.facebook.com/avalancheorganisation
About EUS
EUS is the ambient, drone and experimental project of Costa Rican musician Jose Acuña. The debut album “Vhinto No Dresce” was self-released in 2011, the same year as “Tras El Horizonte” on Contradicta.
Acuña then recorded “Sustained Layers” with Postdrome and Saåad for BLWBCK in 2012, a split cassette with Mytrip on Abandonment the same year, and the self-released “Los Otros” in 2012 and “Sol Levit” in 2013. A further collaboration with Mytrip, “Reviraje / Lifeless”, appeared on BLWBCK in 2014.
Avalanche Organisation issued the cassette edition of “Vhinto No Dresce” reviewed here, adding one bonus track to the five original songs.
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