Lanes – Disengaged 2013
(live set)
2013, Andrei Lanes
2013, Andrei Lanes
Andrei Lanes is a Brooklyn-based EDM musician who has played
live sets in and around Williamsburg.
With an expanded live set coming for shows this fall, Lanes is building
a library of unique and lively original EDM compositions. The tracks reviewed here are not officially
released, and Lanes has no plans for formal album releases, preferring the give
and take atmosphere of the stage.
“Hysterical Sobriety” is driven by a killer beat and ethereal
counter melody. Lanes structures this
around a series of riffs that are certainly dance worthy, and this tune has its
own gravity that is difficult to escape.
Lanes makes an effort to explore the theme he’s concocted here, making “Hysterical
Sobriety” more involved than your typical EDM track. “Noctilucent”, inspired by Liz Nielsen’s “Egg
Galaxy”, once again blends the ethereal with the primal. The net effect this time around is more subdued,
but Lanes manages a mellow groove. With “Disengaged”,
Lanes moves into more surreal territory, bringing Eastern sounds into the ether
over a double-timed clockwork rhythm.
The result is infectious and driven, but with a measured feel that is
not urgent, yet feels inevitable. “East
Coast” captures the frenetic pace of New York City’s West Side Highway, or
perhaps any stretch of open road on the I-95 corridor. The construction is coherent, but Lanes
suggests between the lines that chaos is never more that a hair’s breadth
away. “RTT” has an incessant feel, like
the onrushing of time in an urban landscape, where nothing changes but
everything is always moving, circling, building… Lanes constructs primary in 4/4 time here,
but manages to build a techno/musical march that will get under your skin.
Lanes surprises and captivates with an unusually lively set
of electronic compositions in his Disengaged 2013 live set. Ethereal themes and energetic compositions
are the rule of the day here, with Lanes showing no fear as a composer. His tracks delve deep into thematic
exploration without ever losing their EDM credentials. If all EDM music were this original and
energetic it could go main stream.
Rating: 4 Stars
(Out of 5)
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