EPROM’s ‘AIKON’ is a clinic in sound design and arrangement
EPROM, a certified bass sequencing master, delivers his five-track extended play, AIKON—a record bound for reverie, presented by Zeds Dead‘s Deadbeats imprint. The Portland-based producer has established himself as a leading innovator amongst fellow artists and fans alike, adding two unreleased tracks to this year’s already impressive arsenal.
Already released tracks include the G Jones collaboration, “Daemon Vail,” minimal cut “The Cat,” and the wild ride that is “Hope.” The new tracks include the “Shirow Softworks,” a trip-hop inspired beat with melodic synth concoctions for a potent soundscape, and “Phoneme Gothik,” a scintillating work of sequencing timbre through bouts of bass and slicing synths.
With acid-tinged hip-hop to searing garage mutations, complex synth and drum arrangement splatter the audio canvas like a sonic Jackson Pollock.
In a press release, EPROM explains, “Each tune represents a unique point in my trajectory. For me, this release represents a step onto a bigger stage. I have always been reluctant to fully embrace the ethos of dance music, so I have previously kept my work underground, and to a certain degree, intentionally inaccessible. This EP is my take on pure rave music.”
Catch the illustrious sound maestro live with upcoming shows at Bassrush at Exchange LA on November 21, aboard Friendship in Miami on January 6, and at Montreal’s Igloofest on February 8.
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