Mistral by SHALT
Entering NHS territories we have SHALT of London origin, Amsterdam-based, manager of his own fresh imprint REMADE and whose works have featured alongside Atrice; duo who have contributed to the NHS universe previously with their 'Accumulation Zone' EP. His offering and debut on the Label is a blistering set of transmogrified aspects of electro, techno, UK Funky and leftfield, UK-oriented bass into abrasive, molten-like tracks that play on the fault line of mechanical and natural through rigid, tight rhythm and granular, time stretched and downright sinister sonics.
Our artist reflects on the EP's title 'Mistral', it's namesake being reference to a wind path that runs through Southern Europe, acting as a folkloric and simultaneously scientific form of purification for the terrain that it flows through. The aural quality of the release, a pairing of rigidity and organic flowing freedom, is personified acutely through this with clear intention; audio sweeps and rumbles steadily, shifting into flutters and jitters, much like the haphazard elegancy of wind as it moves where it likes.
Equally, this sense of science and modernity that is evident through the use of digital technology is inadvertently juxtaposed against the ancient forms of geological understanding evident through folklore and druidry; SHALT feels they have used this as a means to invite the diminishing world of the ancients to cavort with the new world.
Tracklist
| 1. | Screen To Skin | 5:03 |
| 2. | FC Kahuna | 5:46 |
| 3. | Sludge Puppy | 5:58 |
| 4. | Mistral | 6:04 |
Credits
Artwork by Rayan Elnayal
Mastering by Fausto Mercier
