Sensation Level

This new release from Crazy-Language comes this time from Lyon, France. Romain Roqueta, know in the digital world as Sukdabeat presents us with a delightful record filled with pleasant electronic glockenspiels, warm synths pulled from various hardware material and tight hip-hopish beats reminiscent of some of the best and respected electronic artists around (e.g. Chris Clark). Struktur introduces us to the complex world that goes on Sukdabeat’s mind: the beats have an amazing attention to detail and will get you hooked right from the start; clicks, plops, distant bugs, multi-layered kicks and snares are the structure of these eight tracks. It feels as if we had just landed on a distant alien planet, but at the same time, this strange place felt strangely familiar to us. This is where the melodies pop in: immediate synths, pleasant sines, music-boxes, all of them rich, heart-felt and very accessible creating a curious fight between melody and beat [man/machine?], where both contestants win, to your own delight.

Once you start exploring deeply inside this planet, you won’t ever want to leave. You’ll find your new home here. [F.G.]