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IP Neva is a new name for me, which isn’t strange, since this album is a debut. For some unknown reason I thought this was more neo-folk/classical project, so I was rather surprised when I listened to their music being more IDM and experimental electro. Pleasantly surprised I might add, since this is an excellent debut!
I read somewhere in the press notes that this is an “aural journey of Emotional IDM”, which really is a good description of what is on offer here. The music is very inventive in its sound and never turns into the dead-end electronica bleeps. And as far as sound goes, there are lots of different sounds to be found here; from glitchy IDM to more ambient tracks and from more abstract soundscapes to electro tunes. There are even some guitars to be found to create some neo-folkish atmosphere. Pretty diverse that is.
We open with ‘Correction’, which starts with some soothing tunes. It soon turns into glitchy IDM. The next track, ‘U-boat Performance’, kind of continues where the previous track left of, only in this track there is some great use of female choir vocals. ‘The Process’ is very relaxing ambient track with a very mysterious quality to it. ‘Constellation of War’ starts of with some nice synthlines, but as the song progresses we get some guitars in the mix and the song gets the above mentioned neo-folk atmosphere. ‘Full Moon’ is a rather experimental soundscape, also with the use of some guitars. The next track, ‘Radiation Field’, indeed feels like its title mentions. It starts of with some glitchy sounds before the beats come in and turns into some nice IDM structure, with abstract sounds all over the place. ‘Weather in Numbers’ is a nice laidback song with some nice guitars between electronic sounds. ‘Meteoric Rain’ is again very glitchy. The song starts of very spacey, but as it progresses, break-beats are used and the song turns quite dynamic. Very cool track! ‘Calm After the Storm’ quiets things down after the former track. Very mystical ambient sounds make this a very good closing song of the original material. There are also two remixes added. The first one is by Mobthrow and recreates the track ‘U-boat Performance’ to a heavy drum ‘n bass track. The last is a mix by Abstractive Noise, and he turns the song ‘Correction’ into a darker and more experimental soundscape with occasional noise outbursts.
This is a very good and interesting album with lots of variety. The IDM styles are written all over this album, but it contains much more different material. With the use of guitars one some songs, it makes for a nice change. Also this is a good example of how IDM can be emotional and deep. Definitely a project to keep in mind. Do yourself a favor and buy this very nice album!
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