After a couple of years of silence, Bong-Ra returns to the
foreground with a conceptual EP which shows an surprising new
side of this project. Marrying his pummelling beats and high
speed breaks with lush instrumentations and acoustic strings,
Bong-Ra's "Monster" sounds hard and human at the same time. The
carefully design of an experienced and imaginative producer,
this many-headed sonic Cerberus is an extravagant monster of
outstanding force and depth.
Even though Bong-Ra's name and sound keep on popping at parties
and festivals, it had been a couple of years since fresh
material hadn't come out of the "digital harem" studio". Having
focused on his other projects (mainly The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz
Ensemble), Jason K├╢hnen has only in 2010 had the time to return
to his best known and longest-running project.
A lot has changed and a lot has been kept the same under Bong-
Ra's black hood: while we clearly deal with Bong-Ra's towering
presence of clustered beats and sharp breaks, more balance is to
be found at the heart of this "Monster" than ever before.
This EP's alchemy lies in the way Bong-Ra marries what he is
known for (hard club-friendly rhythms) and what he has grown to
produce more and more over the years (rich instrumentations and
arrangements). In this sense, "Monster" meets its concept: it is
not only a record about relationships, but one which brings
together two elements usually usually very distinct. This gets
particularly clear when "Yeti" and his pounding kicks confirm
Bong-Ra's position on his throne of the hard electronic music
scene, only to be answered with "Kraken"'s human emotions and
acoustic strings.
An agile but deadly hydra, "Monster" is an important release for
Bong-Ra. A chapter is being closed, but the best elements of the
past are molten together in new and exciting ways. In this
sense, this musician confirms again that while his music might
be lean and mean, it's also intensely detailed and precise. This
might be only a start (as an album is soon to follow), but this
"Monster" is already soaring very high.
Tracklist:
01 Behemoth
02 Cyclops
03 Kraken
04 Yeti
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