Background/Info:
Two years after the debut album “Hollow
Spaces” (2017) Russian artist,
Denis Tverdokhleb, strikes back with the
second full length of his Stairway Maze project.
Content:
“Kelevra” sounds like a true electronic
assemblage. It’s not an easy thing defining the work of this artist, but the
songs clearly resulted from a truly sonic symbiosis. You’ll rapidly notice
bombastic drum patterns, aggressive bass lines, refined sound arrangements and
dreamy sound waves. It makes me think of a fusion between IDM, ambient, EBM and
cinematic music. The songs are instrumental edits although you’ll perceive a
few ethereal chants running through “Hail To Barbarians”.
+ + + :
Aliens Productions remains to me a warrant
for high-qualitative and intelligent electronic music. Stairway Maze is one
more project belonging to this sonic intelligentsia. The album is a perfect mix
between different styles; it sometimes feels a bit contradictory, but in the
end it all marvelously comes together. The bombast and refinement are leading
towards brilliant songs. The work is characterized by an impressive sonic
welfare featuring vintage electronic treatments next to subtle filtered
sequences. The low, vibrating bass lines can’t leave you unaffected while the
evasive passages have something hypnotic.
– – – :
Even if this composition is extremely
elaborated I sometimes get the feeling it could be ever more worked out and I
especially refer to “Subsurface”. It could be also interesting to hear this
album with a few vocal parts.
Conclusion:
Stairway Maze remains a rather unknown
project, but if you’re in search of a great electronic experience, “Kelevra”
will give you total satisfaction!
Best songs:
“Anomaly”, “Hail To Barbarians”, “X”,
“Kelevra”, “The Chase”, “Phantoms Of Tiergarten”.
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