Based in the vibrant city of Seoul, Ameniia Records was established 2013 to give a platform to the growing number of the country's electronic producers. Trading in a dark interpretations of techno and house, the imprint delves deep into the trenches of unexplored plutonic sound. Searching Seoul's experimental depths, the compilation brings to you Comarobot, Damie, Dooit, Kim Bo Yeon, Marcus L, Messiahwaits, Polarfront, Suman, Zeemen, a diverse array of artists whose colourful backgrounds seep through the heart of their productions.
The city of Seoul is an explosive epicentre for 21st century culture. Brimming with both visual and auditory nuances, the compilation manages to grasp hold of these sonic intricacies, enveloping a retrospect of a pedestrian's journey. The hypernaturality of the urbanised landscape comes under auditory construct, the scaffolding for new sound enterprise - executed clearly with the precision indicative of a far-eastern production; futuristic, yet vaguely familiar.
Kim Bo Yeon's Gajae speaks to the 80s-90s house transition. Low-fi sighs and transient sampling relate to a time of optimism, where the labour is short and the leisure is long. Polarfront's Two Faced is an oil spill of grimey synthesis, apexing at a point of distorted echo. A digital excavation on a techno blueprint follows through with a menacing build-up in Dooit's My Conception. Suman, known for his rhythmically rich and addictive productions, features on the album with Her - a bouncy house production that utilises sharp arpeggiators and stabbing 5ths. The breathy pumping of Marcus L's Underwater is reminiscent of a late night walk, the echoes of a flaneur leaving traces across an ambient city. Moving on, Messiahwait's Journey To Mars regurgitates tails of recent history with an acidic arpeggio, whilst the streamlined techno formula propels the production into lands of unexplored audio. Zeeman heads a manic meditation through a cursed lead and dissonant shrills in Centipede. Crystalline motions are carried through on a tranquil mass of slurred open hats, reflective pads and chimes in Damie's Harvest Moon. Comarobot's holistic choral line in Stupor builds on the light percussion fills - a melancholic passage to a brighter district.
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released September 27, 2017
1. Her (Original Mix) - Suman
2. Underwater (After Dark 1.0) (Original Mix) - Marcus L
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