Known artiste - OMNI ENCODE
Released: March 23 The latest album from known artiste is a fun little amalgam of mid-to-late 90’s PSX vibes and late breaks. It has all the personality of a demo disc with the slight hint of camp you might find in a promotional video for a sugar-laden soda. Bright colorful synth and hazy samples form the foreground as a steady diet of smooth breakbeats make the base of each track, no ambient stuff on this one aside from some influence in the pads. It’s all quite tightly produced but still leaves that misty haze all over everything long after the last synth stab echoes away. The album starts off pretty subtle with “Hi-Lites,” a track that starts off rather ambient but switches up gradually as the first drum beat slips into the mix. By midway through the track, we’re fully immersed in the vibe with smooth basslines and a clan beat. One of my favorite tracks on here is the fast-paced “Aristocraft.” It’s something about the random periodic flourishes on the rhythm where it pitc...
