Cycles EP
It seems that many artists this year have taken up the slow release model for their music. And it makes sense, because what s the rush? With a pandemic that s still keeping most of us inside, especially musicians and performers, a leisurely release pace naturally follows. And while it s normal to release a single or two (or four) for an album or EP, releasing an entire EP or album song by song seems to be the way we re doing things now. SLC artist Igama is also on the slow release train, starting the release for his EP
Cycles at the end of 2020 with the aptly titled track Begin, which dropped Dec. 22. The track, like the rest of the four-piece electronic EP, bobs between gentle, warm synth parts that evoke splattering rain on water, Ghibli-style, before deeper, wilder drum beats ricochet through the landscape. New Agey atmospherics are glued to earth by watery House aesthetics, and on the second track Expand (released in 2021 on Jan. 8), dub-ish beats help the song