'if i had more time, i would have written a shorter letter.' in
the case of ginormous' third album on hymen records, Bryan
Konietzko did take more time and produced his most direct and
potent musical message
to date. 'at night' is even more emotive and personal than
ginormous' previous work, all while resisting self-indulgence.
these eleven tracks were objectively beaten and honed until they
each became the most
condensed and vivid versions of themselves.
Bryan Konietzko shines his bright, 'artificial light' on the
elements that hoards of electronic music composers fear the
most: melody, song structure and brevity. the album is an
intense and addictive experience, charging forward with the
nervous energy of urban, nighttime cityscapes, speeding subways
and foreboding factories. there is an organic, human element at
the center of this unrelenting journey, in the form of symphonic
and acoustic instruments and warm bass lines, balancing the bold
compositions. the album starts with 'punches to carefully coax,'
a proud peacock of a track where thick, jagged planes of ice
collide with razor sharp synth strings. 'melted circadian'
bristles with a chromatically-fractal melody that spins like a
neon helix in vertigo. konietzko parades a passionate assortment
of prepared guitars with a muscular beat in the sweeping 'coiled
so tightly.' the title track confidently trudges like a phalanx
of tungsten-clad shadows pursuing a cloud of glittering insects.
'from deep bore holes' hypnotizes with an unsettlingly lingual
snare drum that tries and fails to speak, possibly warning of
the molten, rubberized synth melody that waits in the depths,
poised to scald. finally, 'awakening the magpie in all of us'
sails on a slow bonham-esque dream-beat while dozens of chimes
and metallophones pull the 43-minute album to its inevitable,
timely conclusion.
Tracklist:
1 Punches To Carefully Coax (3:45)
2 Melted Circadian (3:22)
3 Coiled So Tightly (3:08)
4 At Night, Under Artificial Light (4:42)
5 Blink In Blue (3:57)
6 A Corridor Leading To Modern Space (4:10)
7 Night Scenes, Fireworks, The Heavens (3:30)
8 From Deep Bore Holes (3:36)
9 Fly Quietly (5:40)
10 Moon Canyon Welcomes You (3:42)
11 Awakening The Magpie In All Of Us (3:44)
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