Nondi...

ペンシルバニア州のNondi_によるニューアルバムがPlanet Mu Recordsよりリリース。
かすんだノスタルジックな雰囲気を帯び、そのサウンドを大胆な新境地へと押し進め、ジャンルに忠実な瞬間も存在する。レイヴのエネルギーと加速したニューエイジの至福が爆発的に融合した感覚、オフビートのボーカルサンプル、脈打つドラム、8ビット効果音の中を漂い、初期のスティーブ・ライヒをゲームボーイで再構築したような印象を与える。

Three years after Planet Mu released Flood City Trax, an illuminating LP by Pennsylvania-based producer Nondi_, the label simultaneously issued two more efforts by the artist, the proper album Nondi... and the limited Bonus Nondi... As with Flood City Trax, Nondi... is a mix of tracks that first surfaced through the producers netlabel, HRR, as well as previously unissued works. She describes Nondi... as containing some of her prettiest material, as well an expression of the sense of freedom she experienced when she got into her musical influences. Her tracks embrace the abstract sides of club culture -- the weirder elements of footwork, outsider house, IDM, glitch, and dance music that isnt really all that danceable -- and filter them all through the lens of a hyper-creative artist far removed from any sort of music scene. The album is filled with sentimental melodies, suspended feelings, and curious samples (a voice declaring "without their leadership, corporations are powerless" pops up a few times). Opener "Just Ganging Out (Reprise)" sounds like it could be a demo for a U.K. garage anthem, while "Broken Future 175" is a scrappy take on atmospheric drumnbass. Some tracks have jittery footwork rhythms with the beats all but excised, almost sounding like theyre trying to break free from percussion, making them some sort of audio equivalent of molting insects. "Tree Festival" has a much stronger and more cohesive breakbeat rumble, but "Death Juke" traps fractured voices and machine-like whirring into a throbbing grid. "Unrendered Location" is bubbly and bouncy, yet gloomy and eerie, and the slowly hopping "Emo Bunny" has a similar sad-but-pretty dynamic. "Seesaltsun" has descending pianos and a measured beat evoking a bleary, distorted sunset. Nondi... is simply another transmission from the mind of a true original. ~ Paul Simpson