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Sevan EP [incl. Timo Maas Remix]

by Rittik Wystup

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I Exhale 04:57
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Might Y Mist 08:02
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Vordergrundmusik’s Rittik Wystup returns with a slightly-so avant-garde collage of Piano and Beats. Little melodies awake spuriously, welcoming Spring; they interplay with sizzling cymbals and flamboyant drums. The usage of wind is the carrier throughout the record, just as coastlines bring a strong breeze of cool or warm air.

The overture "Rhythm of the Wind" opens a space of gusts and drafts which circle the EP’s leitmotif. Shifting keys only slightly, it’s a calm prelude to the following track.

"Drums in the Deep" tells the story of a drifting wanderer, voiced by Stepan Terteryan, at the shore of Armenia’s Lake Sevan. His poem can be heard throughout the track, mumbling away as he feels the ground beneath him shaken by roaming bears.

"Three Droplets in Space" presents falling water drops, lifted by a steady, sharp beat. As they approach a large pool, they increase in size and weight, becoming more round and abundant. A gnarly FM bass and frozen hi-hats make way for the passage through the thickening air, blitzing the little leitmotif here and there.

Staying in key, "I Exhale" whispers an ascending piano phrase into the air, which upon reaching for the sky reforms into an unwavering, repeated, slightly melancholic expression. A homage to a valley of bells and chimes, it bursts and blasts into tiny fractions before it evaporates.

Traditional drums and plucked strings progress through "Might y Mist". Before they lose themselves in a faraway landscape, feet stomp and heads bob. As they meld into a fog, carrying debris of the wanderer’s voice and his melody, they spread like a mist: over the water’s surface.

Finally, Timo Maas drops a hefty and punchy remix of "Drums in the Deep". He picks up on the poem and its inclinations but keeps the dancefloor in mind when shattering glassy bits over distorted fragments of the melody. A splendid pumpy finisher to a fairly eccentric EP.

“I learned to hum the song of the bears before I was born.
At the shore, they tap their paws to the rhythm of the wind.
My voice floats from their mouths, spreading like a mist over the water’s surface. I exhale to find my feet slipping slowly into Sevan’s cold sand.
Drums, drums in the deep...”­

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released April 29, 2022

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Rittik Wystup Berlin, Germany

Electronic music, sometimes with a touch of piano.

"Sweet melodies, bells and raindrops, winds and chimes hollow from the insides of a piano. They blend and weld with snares and analogue circuitry until the leaf that they form begins to wilt and sail towards the soil. As it touches the ground, it makes a sound, crystal-clear and warm in tone." ... more

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