Finally, again. It’s been unbearably long since I last shared experiments in the Future Garage genre, and it seems the Universe has heard my silence. Meet Kaiori Breathe—a musician from Belfast, UK, who, as if after a long creative hiatus, bursts into the genre and reveals its completely different, unexpected side. His work, “Wounded Animals,” is a concentrate of sorrow that demands to be listened to.
You are almost instantly enveloped by a gentle, synthesized pad with a distinct flavour of retrofuturism. This is, perhaps, the most atmospheric pad I’ve heard in recent months. It’s light, but it firmly sinks its teeth into your veins. This pad, along with the quickly accelerating percussion, plunges you into the desired rhythm without any long “build-up.” And I suspect this impatience is not accidental, for it seems that even the author himself couldn’t wait to share with the listener the experiment he had embarked on.
After a deep and short flute breath, a few seconds later… a saxophone rings out. This was probably the last instrument I expected to hear in this genre. But, damn it, how good it sounds! The sax adds passion and warmth to this melancholic depth of the bass. It doesn’t fight the gloom of Future Garage; it illuminates it from within.
You know, this sound is like frames from a twilight Gotham City, but not from a brutal film, but from the “Batman” animated series of 1992. It’s a combination of something painful, dark, and you want to dissolve into that darkness, to accept it. Yet, at the same time, the saxophone plays the role of that single ray of light that can shine in the sky and pull you out of this velvet gloom. It is like hope against the backdrop of inevitable sorrow.
“Wounded Animals” is not just a work worthy of attention; it ought to become a constant companion to escort you through these already difficult times. It proves that the greatest ache has the most beautiful soundtrack.
P.S. If you are interested in diving into another side of experimental electronic music, try reading my article about Ganesboro and Inara Oasis.
