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Hans Zimmer - Interstellar (Ezesh Bootleg)

Buy here: fanlink.to/wigbert-matter

Digital & Vinyl Release: 26th February 2021

A1: Wigbert - Uncertainty
A2: Wigbert - Reflection
A3: Wigbert - Night Vision
B1: Wigbert - Error 404
B2: Wigbert - Xcelerator
B3: Wigbert - Distorted Matter
C1: Wigbert - Detuned
C2: Wigbert - Automatic Loop
C3: Wigbert - Digital Mirroring
D1: Wigbert - Drone Level
D2: Wigbert - Focus
D3: Wigbert - Transformed

Second State’s latest release is a special one — the debut LP from talented German producer @wigbert. Stepping up for his first full-length, he demonstrates why he’s a firm favorite among so many. The Distorted Matter LP showcases his affinity for both atmospheric mood pieces and pummeling club cuts, the sign of a producer with more than one trick up his sleeve. 

“Uncertainty” opens the album in an ominous tone. As its name suggests, it creates a feeling of unease, even horror, as macabre drones blare underneath bleepy arpeggios. Later on the LP, on “Error 404”, this mood is revisited, with bleeps and static signifying that something has gone awry. The second track on the record, “Reflection” is its hardest hitting. Ice-cold stabs, a pumping kick and driving rhythms send the track into overdrive before creepy arps and drums come back in. It’s complex, layered and unrelenting. 

Night Vision” is threaded with warped off-kilter rhythms, while “Xcelerator” is charged with nervous energy, echo FX and prickling percussion. Other tracks on the LP share this latter mood, such as “Digital Mirroring”, with its windblown synths, distorted vox and broken beats, while the title track heralds a different variety of sounds. The beats on it are also chunky, but the airy pads place it in a more ethereal category. “Drone Level” is similarly lighter in spirit, with arps shimmering over the sound of running water.

The rest of the LP continues in this is more pensive vein, with the rhythms of “Focus” loping under twinkling, reverbed synths, before “Transformed” closes the album in a delicate melange of dreamy pads, chopped up beats, and sounds that mimic insects and nature.

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Juan Cruz Chavez