Premiere: Aguirre – Layphi.
March 17, 2011, 0 comments
The highly prolific Chicago synth wizard Elon Katz of White Car must’ve had a particularly busy time lately. Not enough that he’s dropped two cassettes via Catholic Tapes, The Pylori Program under his own name and Ooze as Streetwalker, the project he pursues together with Beau Wanzer (read about it here) – now, he has additionally teamed up with Berkeley, California’s Gryphon Myers to come up as Aguirre.
The duo’s debut effort New Sects, out now via our beloved Burlington, Vermont imprint NNA Tapes, is a 54-minute exploration into the depths of electronic music, “equal parts swirling and chaotic synth debris, 90’s style IDM throwback, and hard-hitting electro pulse dance action”, according to the label. We’re not entirely sure which category closing track Layphi belongs to, but over almost six minutes the slow-burning piece unfolds a wide range of synth-induced chirps and tweets over a subdued bassline, restrained electronic percussion and a melody made up of spacey synth patterns and chimes that give the tune a wonderfully tense, almost cinematic feel, leaving the listener waiting for the villain to finally appear on the scene.
Get the tape over here.
