Title:
Destiny
Label:
Cosmic Leaf
Released:
1st Sept
Parisian
Franck Jousselin A.K.A. Kick Bong returns with a new collection of
tracks stamped with his own unique style of electronica that touches
the psychedelic, the ethnic, trip-hop and guitar influences apparent
from the Cure.
The
album starts with ‘Time In Suspense’ where an atmospheric intro
leads into bird song
followed by hang drum
and flute eventually
joined by organic sounding cymbal crashes and synth’s creating a
chilled aura that envelops you by the end of the piece.
The
album continues with slow paced trip-hop beats and mellow synths with
intricate layers and melodic passages until ‘I Was Asleep’ which
picks the pace up somewhat with
some great sounding synth voices before a melodic piano breakdown is
joined by Cure’esque guitar and the pace returns. All in all it’s
a wonderful piece that’s grabbed my interest.
The
album moves forward
in a similar fashion to the previous tracks with perhaps some darker
touches. While the title track begins with some French spoken word
before easing into atmospheric synths, flute
and guitar fingering. This leads into the closing track ‘Whirlwind’
which despite it’s title is still slow-paced to start, a dark 80’s
sounding synth background leads into bleepy sequences and then the
drums add a little pace and the gated synth sequences get a little
more aggressive.
Overall
the general feel of the album has a synthwave feel to it with lots of
extra little touches and chilled breakdowns as previously mentioned
there’s a couple of tracks that stand out where the pace lifts a
little. Fans of his
previous albums will appreciate the general sound but don’t expect
any of the four by four accompanying beats that have featured on
recent releases.
Reviewed
by Woodzee.
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