Lezrod - Genki I & II [Zymogen 014, Test Tube 079]
2. July 2007 – 14:00 byColumbian artist David Velez aka Lezrod has released two extraordinary albums on Italian netlabel Zymogen and on Portugese netlabel Test Tube respectively. As you can guess Genki was released as a collaboration between both labels which makes sense in at least two ways: 1) Lezrod has released on both labels before and 2) 101 minutes of music is simply too much for a single release.
Musically David Velez stays true to his earlier releases and makes heavy use of field recordings resulting in very abstract and experimental tracks. However I am always surprised to discover some nice melodic elements which help listeners to follow Velez’ sound explorations. Actually I managed to listen to both volumes in one session. Also Velez doesn’t force listeners to pay attention to every micro sound within his tracks. There is time to reflect on sounds; don’t worry about missing a sound or even pattern, you will discover them the next time.
These two releases are big, really big. Lezrod’s best tracks so far.
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