Zui - Zerbricht Fels
Released: August 6 German electronic duo Hui’s latest album is a sublime and disorienting adventure for a few reasons. First, the composition of each track is so hoghly variable that it feels as though none of the tracks are at all the same. There’s a rather metallic air about it all, even with the more organic sounding bits sprinkled in. The tracks breathe in an unnatural way as one sound will open up a piece only for that sound to warp, melt, meld, and disassemble itself wildly throughout the track. Second, the compositions themselves alternate between being crowded and claustrophobic to the point of discomfort and sparse but odd soundscapes that resonate with a sense of emptiness. “In der Schwebe (ausgetrickst)” begins with the sparser foundation, giving a wide room to the discrete percussive textures and slowly adds complexity until the end just resembles a glitchy mess. There is no consistent pattern to this madness and the duo often leans into this lack of struct...
