NR/MA - SHINKAI
‘SHINKAI’ MEETS AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE GLOOMY SONIC SNAPSHOT WORLD OF TRICKY, THE SOUTH LONDON DIY AVANT POP BLOOM OF CURL/MICA LEVI, THE OUTER FRINGES OF HIP-HOP HERALDED BY THE ANTICON CREW, AND THE DEEP TEXTURED MINIMALISM OF MACHINFABRIEK.
‘SHINKAI’ HERALDS THE FIRST TIME NICOLA RATTI HAS WORKED WITH A VOCALIST, AND MA’S UNIQUE BRAND OF RITUALISTIC VOCAL METHODS AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO INTONATION AND INFLEXION ONLY ENHANCES RATTI’S OTHERWORLDLY SOUNDSCAPES. THE DEPTH OF MEANING BEHIND MA’S LYRICS FURTHER EXPANDS THIS SPRAWLING SOUND WORLD, REVEALING A TWISTED BEAUTY, A DEEP INSIGHT INTO THE MELANCHOLIC WORLD MA REFLECTS UPON WITHIN HIS ABSTRACT WORDPLAY – ON ‘SUISO’ MA LAMENTS ABOVE RATTI’S MOURNING ELECTRONICS….
‘SHINKAI’ MEETS AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE GLOOMY SONIC SNAPSHOT WORLD OF TRICKY, THE SOUTH LONDON DIY AVANT POP BLOOM OF CURL/MICA LEVI, THE OUTER FRINGES OF HIP-HOP HERALDED BY THE ANTICON CREW, AND THE DEEP TEXTURED MINIMALISM OF MACHINFABRIEK.
‘SHINKAI’ HERALDS THE FIRST TIME NICOLA RATTI HAS WORKED WITH A VOCALIST, AND MA’S UNIQUE BRAND OF RITUALISTIC VOCAL METHODS AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO INTONATION AND INFLEXION ONLY ENHANCES RATTI’S OTHERWORLDLY SOUNDSCAPES. THE DEPTH OF MEANING BEHIND MA’S LYRICS FURTHER EXPANDS THIS SPRAWLING SOUND WORLD, REVEALING A TWISTED BEAUTY, A DEEP INSIGHT INTO THE MELANCHOLIC WORLD MA REFLECTS UPON WITHIN HIS ABSTRACT WORDPLAY – ON ‘SUISO’ MA LAMENTS ABOVE RATTI’S MOURNING ELECTRONICS….
