Avidus’s ‘Indigo EP’ is an electrifying and inventive amalgamation of Deep House, Techno and Trance.
Avidus, a duo made up of producers Marc Wolf and Fritz Wagner, have just put out an exceptional 3-track EP on Tel Aviv based label ‘Frau Blau’. Boasting releases on Afterlife, Crosstown Rebels & their own label Empore, they are back with a short but sweet collection of dance floor destroyers.
The first track on this release, titled ‘More LFO’, is a big-stage dream come true. Starting off tame and relaxed, the beat gradually swells into a powerful, emotional crescendo that would demand a large crowd to raise their hands up high and close their eyes. The otherwise smooth and pretty lead synth melody at the breakdown is aggressively chopped up with a dramatic LFO wobble effect, hence the title, which demands the listeners’ complete attention and tickles their imagination. As the melody repeats, it becomes dramatically more complex in pitch and resonance, only to be subdued by a gentle soft pad that cools down the mind of the listener like aloe vera on a sunburn, the perfect exit for such a powerful moment of transcendence.
Track two doesn’t diverge too far from the first. Stylistically, it fits right in. Robotic, driving, beautiful and at some points, raw and antagonistic, “Indigo’ feels like it is intended to be played exclusively for a large crowd on a big stage, and could equally enthrall deep house, techno and trance fans a like. There is a truly unifying quality to this music, one that can reach a wide array of electronic music listeners without being dismissed for sounding too much like everything else.
The EP in its entirety is expertly crafted and precise, yet loose. While the backbone of the tracks can be considered quintessentially “progressive”, the safe and predictable structure one would usually ascribe to progressive house and techno standards, is beautifully juxtaposed with subtle glitched-out synth lines and robotic textures, making the EP sound more explorative than a majority of tracks that on paper might share the same descriptive characteristics. Each track builds to an epic climax that can be both felt and visualized. Hopefully it’s only a matter of time before we get to hear these tracks at a full-fledged festival, where they will surely thrive.
-Jeronimo Watson
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