Rhyw – Slithering (EP – Avian)
Genre/Influences: IDM, Techno, Experimental.
Format: Digital, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Welsh/Greek Techno DJ & producer Alex Tsiridis is based in Berlin and has already released different EP’s. He joined hands again with Avian, releasing his third EP on this label. The EP features five new cuts.
Content: Rhyw didn’t really change its sound formula. Both debut cuts are more sophisticated, clearly revealing IDM elements. The tracks are danceable and the loops are especially at the debut track evolving towards an approximate Trance effect. The B side is somewhat different, dealing with a clear Techno driven sound while the last cut sounds pretty experimental.
+ + + : I was deeply impressed by the production of both debut cuts. They reflect a real sound intelligence resulting from a creative process. The songs are sophisticated and yet accessible and ultra danceable. “Season Of Teeth” and “Salt Split Tongue” stands for the best side of this artist.
– – – : The B side is definitely for techno heads. I don’t have anything against techno, but these tracks are just less artistic and definitely more common-like.
Conclusion: I have some mixed feelings with this EP, but prefer to keep the great IDM approach in mind.
Best songs: “Salt Split Tongue”, “Season Of Teeth”.
Rate: (7).
Artist: www.facebook.com/rhywmusic
Label: www.facebook.com/AvianUK
About Rhyw
Rhyw is the alias of Berlin-based Welsh-Greek producer and DJ Alex Tsiridis, who also records as Poison Green and co-founded the labels Fever AM and Arcing Seas, according to Discogs. The debut 12″ “Rhyw” appeared on TH Tar Hallow in 2016. Avian released the five-track EPs “Cave Walls (Part One)” on 24 July 2017, mastered by Christoph Grote-Beverborg, and “Cave Walls (Part Two)” on 19 November 2018, mastered by Giuseppe Tillieci; Side-Line reviewed them as Cave Walls / Part One in December 2017 and Cave Walls / Part Two in April 2019. Fever AM issued “Emulsion Steps” (2018), “Biggest Bully / Felt” (2019) and “Loom High” (2020), and Seilscheibenpfeiler released “Lurk Late” (2019) and “Sing Sin” (2020).
“Slithering”, his third EP for Avian, was released on 15 March 2021 as a download and on vinyl. Tsiridis wrote and produced the five tracks, “Season Of Teeth”, “Salt Split Tongue”, “Skend”, “Spoiler” and “Succession”; Neel mastered the EP at EnissLab Mastering in Rome and atact.uk made the artwork. Later records include “The Devil’s In The Dlzlzlz” (2021), “Honey Badger” (Voam, 2022), “Slow Stings” (2022), “Mister Melt” (2023) and “Melt In Unison” (2024). “Slithering” is the project’s third Side-Line review.
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