Syntaks – Ylajali (Music Review)
By Andrew Duncan • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: Electronic, ReviewsSyntaks
Ylajali
Ghostly International
Rating: 3.8 out of 5
What begins as electronics blasting out of your headphones like the moment the sun explodes over the horizon in the morning, Ylajali other-worldly vision is a gorgeous attempt at creating a soundtrack for the beyond. It’s not that “Twentytwohundred” is powerful in a loud way, it’s expressive and glistening demeanor with coldwave constructs give this song a glow all of its own.
There are two sides to Syntaks. One side is a blast of spaced out feedback and fuzz that turn songs like “Mistral Moon” into a layered depth of loudness and sampled schematics. The other side is a darker, isolated sphere of ethereal instrumentals. “The Shape of Things To Come” expressively builds introspective behavior through reversed notes and ghostly chimes. But even then they cannot contain themselves and revert back to the wall of noise.
Or sometimes, the two blend in together and if lost to the conventions of Syntak’s sound, you may not catch where the one will lead to the other and back again.
Ghostly capitalizes on the discernment of cross-cultured Shoegaze with deep space Ambient where you get to define what the depths of “space” are.
Metaphysical in nature, Syntaks vision will sometimes leave you breathless, sometimes mindless, and always a sense of intrigue as to how high this band will take you and how deep into the musical unknown they are willing to travel. -
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Andrew Duncan is a journalist who has migrated to the forces of academia. He has written for various publications including Chord, Heckler, Readyset...Aesthetic, and a vast array of alternative press contributions. When not roaming the streets of Indianapolis, he is either addicted to KXCI, making music, or striving to watch every film listed on IMDB.
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