23-year- old Brighton-born artist Teej has combined Deadmau5 sounding dance melodies, vintage synths and repetitive bass lines to produce a new wave of Synthtronica.
His debut EP ‘I Got Electrocuted‘ was written post -emergency room after he, err… got electrocuted trying to fix his faltering keyboard. The very literally-named track had me worried his music would be similarly straightforward but with scratchy guitar pieces and gloomy bass lines, the track’s dense texture was anything but linear. At only 1:54 of airplay, however, the track builds but doesn’t quite reach a crescendo.
In contrast ‘Heart Timing‘ is more complete. Its glistening keyboard melodies are strongly glued together by a heart beat bass line that pulses through the track. The resulting sound is like a primitive version of Sigur Rós with a dash of depression from the Antlers’ Hospice.
Despite tracks like ‘Flying Deep‘, Teej‘s ode to snowboarding, feeling largely unfinished there is something exciting here and with some more craftwork and a live gig under his belt, he may provide a few more surprises yet.
The debut EP ‘I Got Electrocuted‘ is out now on Make Mine
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Post by the proficient Ruby
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TRACKS:
Teej – I Got Electrocuted
