With
the moniker, Techix, you could be forgiven in expecting a pummeling mosaic
of digital rhythm and electronic glitch and yet while electronics indeed
performs one half of the twain the other is a wellspring of classical
articulation. This ferrovitreous amalgam is not one of disparate weft,
forcing minuet to digital mantle, rather is an engrossing musical foray
where many have tried and failed.
Soaring filaments of strings cling to the listener at first, underscored
with tremulous comrades, lambent harmony that ushers the listener into
non-clichéd musical experimentation. Not all is erstwhile classicism,
as the digital elements cling to the subtle guitar etude of 'Bhodi’s
Last Breath', a distorted soloing and plunging canyons press a post-modern
Romany weld. Techix impresses its use of original classical music bereft
of notable synthesized formatting adroitly composing softly brilliant
lines and sections whether to martial low-fi percussion, heavily sampled
splinters of flanging noise, or rusticated ambience. While there is a
predominance of violin scattered with appearances of guitar, "Monosymphonic"
keeps up a kinetic change from track to track rarely repeating shuffled
composites but bestriding both styles with a fevered freedom.
"Monosymphonic" is packaged in a neat white card slipcase imprinted
with geometric sigil, with Judaic and old-world etchings with a professionally
printed disk-face.
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