Amidst the current electronic music landscape, there doesn't seem to be a dearth of innovation-- more so, varying camps of exploration and sub-genre classification that almost cripples the output. Mainstay acts either push the medium to glitch-based machine gunning percussion or glacial synthwave textures and the two often don't find common ground; enter Gazelle Twin. Comprised solely of Elizabeth Bernholz (née Walling), Gazelle Twin has evoked a favorable critical following-- thanks, in part, to her art house approach and outsider execution. Her debut album, "The Entire City" was a sweeping spectacle of dance-textured mathematics, truncated amidst violent drum blasts of precision; the sort of production that has remixed John Foxx and a myriad of Brit-based techno acts.
Bernholz's recent output, "Unflesh", pushes the soundscapes explored in her previous efforts- but to a much more focused and aggressive degree. The lyrics are bare-bones and direct, sparing us misinterpretation amidst the frenzy of patchworked chaos and calm (which are often simultaneous in one song). The album could easily stand against the discography of The Knife while still inviting the minimalist fans of later-day Plastikman, a definite stepping stone between contemplative post synth and the forward momentum of modern EDM.
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