Includes unlimited streaming of Diminuendo EP [PH79]
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A memorably bracing, momentarily pummeling highlight of Song For Alpha, Avery perfectly bridges the light and dark contrast of his influences on ‘Diminuendo’. Uncompromising technoid drums establish genuine frenzy, matched by a pulsating industrial drone, ultimately collapsing into ethereal feedback, before one final round of frenetic rhythm.
On ‘Hyper Detail’, the intense acid lurking beneath the surface of Song For Alpha is dramatically unleashed, easily matching the frantic energy of the previous track, and upping the potential for wide-eyed, rave-friendly electronic hypnosis. ‘Light Of Falling Rain’ is more severe and equally intricate, creating immediate enormous tension and release with a barrage of snarling electro and expertly intertwined microrhythms.
Finally, on ‘Time Marked Its Irregular Pulse In Her Eyes’, the disembodied elements of Avery’s studio communicate something cryptic and unnerving as a farewell.
The most uncompromising and purely physical batch of material to emerge in the wake of Song For Alpha, the ‘Diminuendo’ EP finds Avery on urgent and ruthless form.
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
Inspired by his family and the Adriatic Sea, the Italian producer crafts his ambient techno with a palpable emotional undercurrent. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 18, 2024
I didn't realise breakbeats and ambient techno could go so well together, but Skee Mask achieves awesome stuff on this record. humongouslomghonogoufungus