Ignis Amare – The Genesis EP
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| Ignis Amare - The Genesis EP |
Release Date: Out Now
Ignis Amare is the nom-de-plume
of 19 year-old Cambridge lad Rafik Daaya who professes to make minimalistic
alternative-electro music which is impressive as all I could make at the age of
19 was a passible Spaghetti Bolognaise and a decent cuppa. In all seriousness,
I’m pleased to get some music from the more tender end of the age spectrum as
the internet’s main positive contribution to the music world has surely been to
open up possibilities to people of all ages, backgrounds and scenes. This four
track EP opens up with ‘Genesis’ and the sound of alien insects emerging from
mechanical undergrowth in to a swamp made of low synth notes and a sense of foreboding.
There’s a feel of early Depeche Mode about this with the aforementioned
minimalism and slightly gothic overtones coming to the fore.
‘Dive In’ starts with more of a
flutter, a panicked heartbeat of a rhythm and some chunky percussive moments
before fluttering notes and basement-dark vocals emerge talking in tongues and
making a mockery of the idea of ‘pop’. This is not music for the easy listening
crew but if you, like me, spent your teenage years drifting off to sleep
listening to extended rare mixes played by John Peel then this will have you
feeling pretty excited. On ‘City of God’ Ignis Amare gets all Aphex Twin on our
asses with an aggressive opening sweep followed by some heavenly tones that
soon blend in to something approaching a club tune – albeit the kind of club
that Noel Fielding would imagine up after a week-long Absinthe bender on his
own in an igloo. Closing up with the peacefully beautiful ‘Revelations’ (there’s
a definite religious them here), Ignis Amare cements his new found reputation
as an uncompromising but worthwhile listen. Like very dark chocolate or fine
wine this is not music for binging on but every now and again it’s good to try
something that challenges and awakens the taste buds.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/RafikDaaya/?fref=ts
Listen/Download: http://ignis-amare.bandcamp.com/album/the-genesis-ep