8.5
/Trip-hop, Hip-hop, Downtempo, Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Lo-fi, Mood music, DIY/
Comment: Kisszanto is a producer and DJ from Hungary whose 11-track album Surrealism On Tape used to soothe and bounce simultaneously. Indeed, it is backed up by a wide array of rhythm sequences veering away from slow-natured breaks and hip-hop-alike patterns to more tumultuous jungle/dnb-relied propulsions. All of that is bruished against the sort of homemade aesthetics. Of course, the listener can feel him/herself a little bit confused because there is difference between the title and the content of the album, though, the result is enough enjoyable on its own (built upon repetitive structures, looptronic aesthetics). No doubt, such kind of music seems to be highly influenced by the oeuvres of Flying Lotus.