- Folktronica
- Indietronica
- Post-rock
- Indie pop
- Duyster
- Dream folk
- Electronic
- DIY
- Epic
Comment: my
first contact with Ludo G. Maas` music was probably related through
No-Source imprint. The artist comes from the Netherlands and as it
can be seen at the Bandcamp site the hiatus by the artist did last
five and a half year. Welcome back again! This 8-notch outing is the
first swallow of Maas´ three-part EP trilogy. Indeed, the whole
embraces the extended play format because the compositions are quite
short extending to the three minute exactly at their longest point.
The Flemish indie, folk and electronic music mixed scene is sometimes
conveyed with a loose term, duyster, and I can remember one artist
(Wixel) from within it who did a similar trick. However, the music is
great over there (it is not surprising with regard to Maas` previous
releases, though). Firstly, the issue contains technically very
interesting threads yet the result is boosted even twice due to an
emotional and emotive impact behind it. I have to admit it must be
considered even an epic and cinematic one here and there (for
instance,
Dielman,
Lights of Tomorrow). It might be I have listened to albums of
2018 a little but it seems to be the first one for me to be a serious
one (I could remember for System Morgue`s
Distress, and Massimo Ruberti`s
Granchite Yumtruso PT. II either). I even got MGMT`s
Little Dark Age as a vinyl but it is
just an eunuchised flicker (read it as a way too calculated product)
in comparison to it. The emotion and the sense of freedom are one of
the most important aspects with regard to the music. And as a consequence of it – the product does not have them or does have just a scarce bit. I guess Lao Tzu would have listened to it in his austere mountain hut. In a word, the start was
very promising – let's wait for the next one.
