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REVIEW: Alex Hentze - Simetria De Sosiego out on Plasma Torus


1.When I'm With You (Interlude)
2.Young Again (Ft I.Canjura & F. Franco)
3.I Didnt Reach
4.I Don't Care
5.I Don't Read Books
6.First To This
7.Your Colors (Interlude)
8.Vibrant Sun
9.Planing
10.Remember The Lake
11.En la Pecera (Interlude)
12.Here We Go Again (Ft Isabel Canjura)
13.Watercolors
14.Ayahuasca (Interlude)


Guatemalan hero Alex Hentze is set to release his first long-player on the Mysterious Plasma Torus label. After the stunning offerings in the previous release.

After a beautiful interlude of elastic strings and guitars in 'When I'm With You,' we're met by a blanket of crackle and warmth in 'Young Again' where airy guitars and glocks encas Isabel Canjura & Federico Franco's ethereal vocals.

'I Didn't Reach' builds slowly with tuned percussion, delayed and processed as it grows, dropping into a tight swung groove over a slick bassline. This is followed nicely by the powerful beat of I' Don't Care,' rich with fuzzy arpeggio lines and a warming, otherworldly atmosphere.

'I Don't Read Books' begins with swathes of breath-like synths and Hentze's enveloping percussive melodies leading into a swung bass and drums combo before dropping out and entirely to introduce a Middle-Eastern plucked lead, then falling back into the beat. Lovely. Bass is the key to the next track 'First To This.' Enveloping sub-frequencies and fuzzed rhythm guitar operate below haunting digital detritus and indistinguishable, yet beautiful harmonic material, melting into one big melodious sea.
the second interlude of the album, 'your Colours' brings back memories of childhood beach explorations with the washing waves and children chattering around some stunning keys form Hentze. 'Vibrant Sun' kicks off part two with suspenseful harmonic feedback and an atonal, wavering synth line. The beat drops and equilibrium returns and we sink deeper into Henzte's musical psyche.

'Planing' finds the perfect balance between warm wooden percussive tones and crisp synth leads, switching up rhythms and tempos like it was yesterday; a true delight for the ears. 'Remember The Lake' immerses in crystalline frequencies and glitched harmonics before dropping a solid beat and bass line that you'll be coming back to again and again.

Interlude three, 'En la Pecera' is like a cooling sorbet between courses, allowing you to gather your senses for the final act of the album. 'Here We Go Again' (Ft Isabel Canjura) was the title track of Hentze's debut single on Plasma Torus, and works a treat in it's place on the album. 'Watercolours' has swung hip-hop groove that that'll work the club as well as the headphones, its powerful, accomplished and very cool. Watch out for that double-time switch up!

We finish on 'Ayahuasca (Interlude),' letting us down slowly from what is ultimately a glorious, bitter-sweet masterpiece of an album from Alex Hentze.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we have!


Alex Hentze Thanks to: A mis padres y hermanos, a Santiago Niño, Chiri Silva, Isabel Canjura, Federico Franco, Francis Davila, Carlina Niño, Bárbara Morán y al universo por dejarme la oportunidad de contemplarlo con poder escucharlo.

 

 Dimitri Kechagias review: The top label from Guatemala Plasma Torus offer us superb releases so far and the latest one comes from the hands of Alex Hentze that is his debut album as well entitled Simetria De Sosiego. If you love to chill out alone, with your loved one or with your friends while you discuss or meditate, this album is perfect for you. It will offer you the chance for a while to see with the eyes of your soul the invisible door that  waits for you to open and find out what is hidden inside. If you are on the same category like me that through the color of sounds I let myself go to escape and get transfer to mysterious places never seen before then this album is full of hidden treasures. 14 jewels composed with breaks, electro beats, early electronica synthy sounds  that recall Kraftwerk or J.M.Jarr. Retro influences, blissful beats, sweet melodies from other eras, latin sounds, drum n bass and dubstep, jazzy moods,   mixed up perfectly to create for the listener an accoustic  puzzle that gives you a different picture each time that you play the tracks from that album in different order. If you ask me to choose my favorites those must be the vocal tracks as I love lounge sounds with mesmerizing voices like Young Again & Here We Go. Quality album and one of the best in the chill out/lounge/downtempo category.

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