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
Enrique Jimenez Nahum Reyes
One of the few constant virtual shows still running, the Doom Basement shows hosted in the spacious basement of local musician Dave Payne are still going up on Twitch every week on most Wednesdays and Thursdays. With the help of a green screen, a giant wall of Saran Wrap separating Payne’s band The 8eat1ful5 from their guest of the evening, and a lot of audience-interactive banter, the Doom Basement nights feel almost like the real thing which is now the distant memory of the Doom Lounge nights at the Twilite Lounge hosted Sundays and Wednesdays in the pre-COVID past. While last night featured local solo artist Katie Van Sleen playing every song they wrote in 2020 for the Wednesday pick, tonight’s artist is Nahum Reyes of SLC psych rock band Lord Vox. However, Reyes will be solo this time around, playing as Ages The