Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, trance-pop. Format: Digital, CD. Background/Info: “Chams Walk” is the second full length album…
Genre/Influences: Dark-electro, trance-pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info:
“Chams Walk” is the
second full length album from German solo-artist Timo Revna. The debut album
“Living In Space” was already released on E-Noxe Records in 2017.
Content:
“Chasm Walk” is an
interesting work, which tries to buy a sonic bridge between dark-electronics
(the roots of the project) and a more pop & trance orientated style. The
songs are carried by hopping rhythms and omnipresent astral electronic
arrangements. The somewhat robotic effect on top of the vocals is totally
fitting with the global atmosphere supporting the songs. The album features 14
songs plus 4 remixes by Kennedy, Maneater, KayFabe LaNoise and Chadouze
Airplay.
+ + + :
This is an artist
who clearly dares to push electronic boundaries to an extreme. It’s not an easy
thing to mix all of these influences together and especially composing a mix of
dark-electronics and trance-pop. I’m not affirming Reichsfeind has invented a
new style of music, but it clearly appears to be a project with a very proper
sound DNA. It’s an atypical sound, but also revealing multiple attention
grabbers; I especially like the opening part of the work while most of the
remixes are quite interesting as well –and especially when you realize the
remixers aren’t exactly the most familiar names. I also like the fact the album
features 14 songs plus 4 bonus cuts (remixes).
– – – :
Mixing all these
styles is truly a challenge. I’m less convinced by some of the softer songs,
which are missing the punch of the debut cuts.
Conclusion:
You might see this
album as a challenge coming from a visionary artist. I fully support this kind
of productions, which clearly sound out of the box.
Best songs:
“Chasm Walk”,
“Anti”, “Retox”, “Dervish”, “Stalker”, + “Dervish – vClub Mix By Maneater”.
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