Coming up ready for Halloween is the “Disgusting” EP by the Swedish electronic act GHØS†BØY. To be released on Venus Aeon (USA), the horror inspired EP is about surviving trauma and the mental illnesses that come with it. Musically you can expect influences from dark ambient, pop, EDM and trap.

Notice that the band also covered Elvis Presley’s beautfiful “Always On My Mind” (1972) for this release. The EP was mastered by Ant Banister of Mantravision Productions. Below you can already check out the “Destroyer” music video.

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Genre/Influences: Neo-classic, cinematographic.

Background/Info: The Tjernberg brothers have already been active for years now. they played in different bands, but are mainly active composing jazz-inspired and cinematographic music. This album was originally written for a Swedish historical movie and has been now remastered featuring one bonus track.

Content: The opening cut sounds a bit as improvised neo-classic music, but the upcoming songs clearly reveal a styled and totally neo-classic approach. It also is the kind of music that is totally appropriated as a soundtrack composition. There are many instruments running through this work; from piano to clarinet to organ to epic chants, but still one song (cf. “The Journey” featuring tribal percussion parts. This work moves from drama parts into reverie passages.

+ + + : I’m not a huge fan of classical music, but some tracks of this work reminds me of George Gershwin for the piano and to Sergei Prokofiev for the drama. It’s first of all a real artistic composition. I like the few epic chants running through the work (cf. “Gerhard The Monk”) and the previously mentioned tribal element.

– – – : The opening piece is not my favorite one for being more chaotic and improvised while the extra cut added to this remastered edit sounds totally different and more dark-ambient like. It’s a cool piece, but not really matching with the tracklist.

Conclusion: If you’re into neo-classic and soundtrack music you definitely gone like this opus.

Best songs: “The Journey”, “Sea Battle”.

Rate: (7).

Artist: www.tjernbergmusic.com / www.facebook.com/danielandmikaeltjernberg

Label: http://venusaeon.com / www.facebook.com/Venus–Aeon-1599275813627814

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