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10/20/2019

Multi-Panel – Empty Handed (2019)



  • Indietronica 
  • Duyster 
  • Alternative pop 
  • Indie pop 
  • Electronic 
  • DIY 
  • Lo-fi 
  • Art pop 
  • Organic electronica

Comment: the Dutchman Ludo Maas is back again with his brand new album, similarly to his previous ones the 12-track outing straddles on an interface of guitar jangles and twitches, crispy electronic beats and variegated keyboards for creating melodies and blossoming orchestrations and implementing cute harmonies at low and high-ends of the breathing sonic spectrum. Sometimes the soundscape is imbued with spoken word spans, one of them poignantly reflecting upon the problem of the overpopulation of cities and in overall all around the world that is the biggest problem of nowadays of not only defending Earth and other species but also the very ethical stance to live as responsible human beings. It is at least partly inflicted by the fact the people used to live like pigs their snouts deeply stuck in the mud by taking no profound incantation about outer space and not perceiving seamless, imperative connection between this small yet important locus and tremendous cosmic village called Universe (it is much bigger than one same titled movie company could be resulted in its all possibilities I dare to say). How could we influence the course? On the base of the so-called democratic elections? No way, it is hijacked by the union of the politicians and businessmen for a century at least (they cannot be reversed from talking about GDP and economic growth) so to influence Earth and one's health for good could only be done on the grass root level, the smaller society/community is the better it is. At the final instance everybody's personal decisions make up the greatest impact. Otherwise the natural vengeance will be taken on us. Ludo Maas is celebrating with this decent (fourth) album his 20th anniversary as a musician, as a modest dweller by having been perfecting his ennobling trace (other projects: Legion of Spunky (with Mike "Stikewang" Steelman) and Background Radiation (with Tim Dwyer)).