NNHMN – For The Comfort Of your Exstazy (EP – Young And Cold Records)
Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Techno-Wave.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Polish duo Lee and Michal Laudarg are operating from Berlin (Germany). They already released multiple productions in a short period of time. This work features four new cuts while it also is their first work released by Young And Cold Records.
The EP is a co-release with K-Dreams Records and holds “Omen”, “B.O.Y.”, “Lovelorn” and “Fusion Opulence”, as reported in Berlin-based dark electro duo NNHMN back with 4-track EP and video. It follows the mini-album “Tomorrow’s Heroine” from July 2021.
Content: The sound brings different influences together. You’ll notice pure and raw Electro-Minimalism mixed with Technoid elements. The sexy female vocals create an interesting contrast between sound and voice. The songs are driven by danceable rhythms.
+ + + : I consider NNHMN (Non Human) as one of the hottest revelations in the Electro underground scene from the past few years. They bring something of their own which is already accentuated by this new work. Both debut cuts, “Omen” and “B.O.Y.” appear to be some of the best songs they’ve ever composed. Still minimal-like and yet more elaborated than previous works, the songs are driven by impressive, raw, sound treatments while a dark, ominous, sphere supports the work. Lee’s timbre of voice is sexy and icy, but with emotion. It perfectly matches with the sound and the atmosphere created by NNHMN.
– – – : I can’t say both last tracks are just fillers; not at all but after the astonishing debut tracks you’ll not get a similar feeling of ‘exstazy’.
Conclusion: NNHMN never stops improving their composition. I’m really wondering where this band will go frm here. This is terrific music for dungeon parties…
Best songs: “Omen”, “B.O.Y.”, “Lovelorn”.
Rate: 9.
Artist: https://nnhmn.com / www.facebook.com/nonhuman.duo
Label: https://youngandcold.de /
www.facebook.com/youngandcoldrecords
About NNHMN
NNHMN, short for Non Human, is a Berlin-based dark electronic duo of Lee Margot and Michal Laudarg. The project mixes minimal electro, darkwave and technoid rhythms, with Margot on vocals.
NNHMN debuted in 2019 with the album “Second Castle”, followed by “Church of no Religion” the same year. The Spanish label Oraculo Records issued “Shadow In The Dark” on vinyl in 2020, and Side-Line published a ‘Click Interview’ with NNHMN: ‘Music Is A Bright Light In This Dark Tunnel’ in August of that year. The mini-album “Tomorrow’s Heroine” arrived in July 2021.
“For The Comfort Of Your Exstazy” marked the duo’s first release through Young And Cold Records in 2022. The pair later gathered earlier material on ‘Deception Island 2’, a 2023 album re-releasing previous EPs with an extra track, and appeared at Prague Gothic Treffen in August 2023.
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