Interconnected – Grainophonics (Album – Móatún 7)
Genre/Influences: Cinematographic, Ambient-Electro.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: This is the fourth opus by Interconnected, which is a project driven by Bakis Siros (Parallel worlds) and Ingo Zobel (Drøn).
Content: “Grainophonics” is the fusion between elements of Cinematographic music and pure Ambient. It’s a dark composition carried by icy atmospheres, but still featuring passages with astral sound treatments. I also noticed passages with field recordings.
+ + + : From a pure technical point of view, this work is somewhat reminding Ambient pioneers. The composition has been accomplished by magic analogue sound treatments creating this particular space-like atmosphere. It still is a work characterized by darker parts, which will appeal to lovers of Dark-Ambient.
– – – : “Grainophonics” needs a few listening before you really get into the sound universe of Interconnected. It’s not the most accessible format of Ambient music.
Conclusion: Interconnected is a project that might appeal for demanding ambient lovers; those who want something more and unique.
Best songs: “Harmonic Merging”, “Multilevel”.
Rate: 7.
Listen to “Grainophonics”:
Artists: www.facebook.com/bakis.sirros / www.facebook.com/ingo.zobel.9
Label: www.facebook.com/moatun7records
About Interconnected
Interconnected is an electronic, ambient and experimental duo formed by Bakis Sirros and Ingo Zobel. Sirros runs the Athens-based project Parallel Worlds, started in 1994 and built around vintage analogue modular synthesizers; Zobel records as Drøn.
The duo debuted with the CDr album “Current Flow” on vu-us in 2010, followed by the limited LP “Mechanic Environments” on Dohkonul Records in 2013 and “Extended Environments” in 2019.
“Grainophonics” is their fourth release, issued in 2021 by Móatún 7 in digital, CD and vinyl formats.
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