Kentin Jivek – El Circo Cubierto (Album – Kentin Jivek)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, cinematographic, neo-classic.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: French artist Kentin Jivek is back on track unleashing a new opus of six tracks. In the end it’s more a sort of mini-album on, which the artist claims to get back to ‘pure songwriting’.
Content: The album has a taste of travelling. Not only some of the titles and the different languages (English, French and Spanish), but also the global sphere running through the work reflect something of a voyage. The title “Argentina” will make you dream away, but it’s a bit similar at “John Malkovich”. Sound-wise the musician mixes elements of cinematographic music together with glitch and neo-classic elements. On top of it all you’ll hear the charismatic voice of the artist.
+ + + : Kentin Jivek always has composed something very personal and definitely apart from other artists and styles. His music is the result from a sonic fusion between very different genres or at least music styles you don’t exactly expect to get merged together. “Chaos Paradise” opening the album is a great exposure of the musician’s approach. It’s a kind of ballad driven by a somewhat melancholic tune and accomplished with experimental electronic treatments and noises in the purest glitch tradition. This minimalism is original and definitely a challenge.
– – – : When I refer to challenges, it’s because you don’t exactly expect this kind of production conquering a wider audience.
Conclusion: If you’re in search of something different, an artist composing his music in a different approach and with another dimension, you better can try this artist.
Best songs: “Venus Into The Moon”, “Chaos Paradise”, “John Malkovich”.
Rate: (6½).
Artist: www.kentinjivek.com / www.facebook.com/kentin.jivek.75
About Kentin Jivek
Kentin Jivek is a French multilingual multi-instrumentalist singer based in Paris, active since 2009 with a body of work spanning psychedelic folk and ambient music. His discography includes “Eight New Prophecies” and “Folklore And Folktales” (both 2009), “Ode To Marmaele” (2010), “Third Eye” and “Voir Dire” (both 2013), “Füturition” (2014), “Nø Age” (2016), and continues through “El Circo Cubierto” and “IO”, both released in 2020, up to 2024’s “L’Ange Des Six Eaux”. This is his Kentin Jivek tag page on Side-Line for further coverage.
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