Maintain

Wume
Ehse Records
General | Jun 2015

Reviews

Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2015-06-01
Baltimore duo, man on synths, woman behind drums, create a divine melding of all things krautrock and synth pop. Very much channeling the spirit of all things Neu and Kraftwerk. Submerged female vocs in places also bring to mind Stereolab (but sans preciousness). First two tracks have vocs and remainder are perfect dabblings in rhythm tone and ADSR. Fans of Eno, Tangerine Dream, early Moon Duo. Frippian time signatures. Beautiful stuff. All tracks are great, pick any really.

1) (4:29) begins w simple synth then an offtime beat, kraftwerk/Neu love, w female vocs
2)* (6:56) atmospheric synths over simple drums to start then little melodic percussy tones add to mix in an epic fadion, with vocals
3)* (7:57) mathy complex rhythm, frippian almost
4) (5:57) midpaced straighter forward rhythm, back vocs appear later in a Stereolab fashion (no words, ahhhs instead)
5) (6:15) urgent double time drums under a slow phrased chill feel evolves into yet another epic masterpiece
6) (4:58) pleasant simple feel, very nice

Recent airplay

Ostinaut
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Control
Brownian MotionNov 15, 2017
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Brownian MotionJun 21, 2017
Ostinaut
Brownian MotionMay 10, 2017
Control
Brownian MotionFeb 22, 2017

Charting

2015-06-05 — 2015-08-07
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Track listing

1. Control
2. We Go Further
3. Ostinaut
4. Gold Leaf
5. Voyager
6. Two Bridges