Visonia

Punkt 23.00 i po klimatycznym intro Chilijczyk Nicolas Estany w cekinowej masce rozpoczął zmodulowanym wokalem i tanecznymi numerami z wydanego w 2014 roku albumu "Impossible Romance" oraz EPki "Journey To Humility". Dostałem to na co czekałem - piękny live, new wave, elektro, galopujące techno, trochę ambientu, ogólnie niesamowita różnorodność styli. Jako bonus dołożył jeszcze kilka numerów z nowego materiału "Opal's Sunflowers". Szczerze to nie myślałem, że może to może dobrze brzmieć o takich godzinach, jednak od tego występu rozpoczął się mój prawdziwy rave. - www.muno.pl

"That is, music not only built for the dance floor, or purely for the mind. This is a fusion of so many of the best ideas across genres..."

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It’s no easy thing to be a newcomer in electronic music. Competition is as fierce as ever, with vinyl copies (alongside record stores) dwindling. Despite the odds, Visonia managed to net a decent amount of attention with his first wax outing, Die Reisen on Last Known Trajectory. True, Gerald Donald (aka Dopplereffekt) was involved with the 12” and such a name can easily tip the popularity balance, but I think differently. By and far, Nicolas Estany’s artistic ability behind the analogue machines was what caused of the stir amongst the faithful. Now the Chilean musician is returning to vinyl, this time being headhunted by Zurich’s Lux Rec for Journey Into Humility.

The ominous bars of the title track open. 90s moods flood, Ambient Techno tides of bubbling sub-bass. The track seems incredibly robust when the break arrives. Superbly fragile keys descend, alongside rasping drums, for a something that is truly exceptional. Tracks across the 12” are short, none breaking over the five minute mark. But Estany manages to fill each of his offerings to the brim with electric emotion. An immense weight looms with “Deception.” Filters tremble under a terrific pressure, but that same lightness of “Journey Into Humility” is present; balance being once again expertly achieved. “Fake Smiles” introduces the flip. An inviting melody, a soft synth lullaby, is soon distanced by percussion. Snapping snares and broad chords digging a gorge of dense Electro. “Lunar Garden” closes. The deep atmospherics of the title piece return, swimming Ambient warmth opening the finale. Textured pads enter, droplets of sound rippling into crisp cymbals and beyond into silence.

I had high hopes for Journey Into Humility, and they were met. The richness and depth of Visonia’s music shines from the outset. The Chilean pours feeling from both heart and machine. Undoubtedly this youngster will be a bright near name in the future of electronics. - www.igloomag.com

For every act inspired by traditional esoteric sounds, there are others who are pulling the form apart and bringing new influences to bear on it. Chilean producer Nicolas Estany works as Visonia and under this name he collaborated with Dopplereffekt in 2013 on the Die Reisen release. Visonia’s latest release, Nausicaa, on Electronic Emergencies, is a solo effort, but is no less impressive. It’s clear from this release that he is inspired by a range of sounds – “Blue Mirrors” in particular is his take on hardcore techno – and is keen to unite many of them. Indeed, the most impressive tracks are strange, improbable amalgamations.

The title track marries epic Vangelis synths with crisp drums for a melodramatic finale, but before that Estany has fused cinematic sounds with a hoover bass on “A Lonely White Wolf” and applies Miami Vice-style reveries to brittle techno rhythms on “Forgotten Feelings”.

The standout track however is “The Moon Doesn’t Want to Look At You”, where all of these elements are brought together and old school techno stabs, pitched down, ominous vocals and shimmering synth breakdowns all compete for the listener’s attention in Estany’s own, hugely enjoyable theatre of the absurd. - Juno Plus /www.junodownload.com