Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Aquiver 'Conexion Divina' Review







Artist: Aquiver



Title: Conexion Divina



Label: Desert Trax



Released: 10th January










This producer from Israel who is totally fresh to my ears puts forth a concept E.P. dedicated to re-harmonizing human hearts to the wonders of nature. Across each of the five tracks he flirts with tempos and genres but has given them all a full psy exploration covering breaks, dub, dub-step, glitch and downtempo.


We get underway in slow motion fashion with light beautiful strings juxtaposed against glitchy dub on ‘Gen’ which overall is a pleasant enough enticer to the release. This is followed by ‘Crystalizer’ which is more of a bass heavy dub-step affair, injected with little touches that you would associate with psy-dub.


The next piece crunchs slowly before unfolding with some typically psychedelic spoken samples and dubby keys on ‘In Our Heads’. Whilst the title track utilises more ecological focused spoken samples and once again utilises some nice strings against a dubby background. From the snippet samples I first played this track stood out. However, it’s this final piece ‘The Great Barrier Reef’ when playing the full versions I found appealed the most. Where the harmonious vocal of the intro leads into a mellow piece of ambient dub.


Reviewed by Woodzee


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