Myrtus Myth＜Colored Vinyl＞

モスクワ発ダンスポップ・プロジェクト 4THアルバム

モスクワを拠点とするプロデューサー / ミュージシャンYANA KEDRINA = KEDR LIVANSKIY。ドラムンベース、トランス、オルタナティブ・ポップ、アートロック、シンセポップなどの要素をブレンドさせた神秘的で透明感溢れるダンス・ポップを生み出す女性アーティストが4THスタジオ・アルバムをリリース!プロデューサーにFLATYを迎え、ヴェイパーウェイヴからケイト・ブッシュ、フィル・コリンズまで、さまざまな影響を融合させています。

Kedr Livanskiy and frequent collaborator Flaty formed the duo Kosaya Gora and released Kosogor, an album of reserved, ethereal folk and dream pop songs, in 2023. Livanskiys subsequent EP K-Notes was a brief return to the clubby rhythms of her previous material, particularly evoking jungle and garage, but her fourth album, Myrtus Myth, almost entirely abandons dance influences, instead focusing on poetic lyrics and ambient textures. It ends up sounding close to the type of atmospheric art-pop that was once referred to by certain Internet communities and college radio programmers as ecto, after the Happy Rhodes album of the same title. The lyrics paint the album as an introspective journey informed by mythology, with the first song referencing Orpheus and Eurydice. Other tracks touch on themes of cosmology, with "Farewell" likening a departure to floating free through the galaxy. "Anna" takes form as a sort of cosmic soft rock tune, and "Night Trains" edges towards hypnotic early-90s dance-pop in the vein of Opus III, but doesnt fully land on a beat. "Zver" has the type of haunting, off-kilter melody thats become Livanskiys trademark. Downtempo pop gem "Agata Dreams" has the faintest touch of breakbeats propelling its wintry synth melodies. "Smoke and Ashes" is an anxious, weary trip-hop dirge begging for a release, while "Easy Rider" is more sophisticated and vaporous. Much subtler and less immediate than other Kedr Livanskiy albums, Myrtus Myth nevertheless feels just as magical and mysterious. ~ Paul Simpson