Genre/Influences: Minimal-Electro, Experimental, Techno.

Format: Digital, Cassette.

Background/Info: French solo-project Midnight Totem has already released a few works and strikes back with a new album released by Tripalium Records. Nine songs have been featured here.

Content: This opus sounds as a sonic melting pot covering multiple influences; from pure Ambient reverie to Minimal-Electro to pure Experimental stuff to Technoid driven parts “Race To Live” is a true versatile composition.

+ + + : I’m not used to hearing this kind of work released by Tripalium Records -which I link to Acid and Minimal-EBM/Techno music. Midnight Totem brings different influences together which in the end can be defined as a visionary Experimental work driven by Electronics. This female artist also stands for a creative exposure of Techno-inspired music.

– – – : This production is hard to label so in the end it sounds like a true challenge to catch a wider audience. I’m missing a real referential track.

Conclusion: This work is fully enjoyable without being exceptional.

Best songs: ”4 Him”, “Race To Decline”.

Rate: 7.

Artist: www.facebook.com/midnighttotem

Label: www.tripaliumcorp.com / www.facebook.com/tripaliumcorp

Listen to “Race To Live”:

About Midnight Totem

Midnight Totem is the solo electronic project of a France-based artist active since late 2020. “Race To Live”, her third release for the label Tripalium Corp, is a nine-track cassette and digital album combining dark, immersive atmospheres with naive melodies, drawing on ambient, lo-fi techno, trip-hop and electronica influences. It was released via Tripalium Records in 2023.

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