aeoni - Blossom
Released: April 24 The debut album from electronic artist aeoni is a rather nice introduction to her artistic tendencies. One very notable theme that arises in this album is a particular affinity for stacking basses on top of basses. The first track on the album establishes this early as we start off with deep synthetic bass hits that are then joined by a rather twangy kind of bass. It makes for a rather neat little effect as they meld and contrast in equal measure. This stacking re-appears periodically like on “Daphne” where we get an incredibly heavy bass with a huge low end. It gets stacked under this particularly squeaky higher register bass sound as a steady but relaxed rhythm helps hold things together. On the subject of rhythms, Blossom has quite a lot going on. The rhythmic structure of the tracks varies quite a bit and can be something chill and steady like the aforementioned “Daphne” or something a bit more wild and glitchy like “Nymphaea.” Which, along with have a fanta...
