TRACKLIST
1 PORES
2 DRAFT
3 CERES
4 BUMP CUT
5 DRIFT
6 ERR-ERR
7 WELL
8 POSER
9 MORE
10 DRAG
11 AIRS
12 PEACEPIE
Music by Leon Leder. Titles by Leon Leder and Evelyn Plaschg. Artwork by Evelyn Plaschg. Mastered by Rashad Becker.
Asfast aka Leon Leder is a master of restrained and concise expression. With his Haiku-esque cuts he is able to delimit a spectrum of emotion, conveying longing, fear and hope whilst staying gripped to a glacial surface. Within this soundscape he integrates various elements of contemporary club-genres - Trap, Grime, Broken Beat - and deconstructs them into crystalized constructions. His mystic harmonies form into Mantra-Loops, which, despite their catchiness, remain strangely elusive. As if it was an extremely purged emotional detox, that translates from Tresillo-Dances to Trance inducing experiences to deliver a harsh wake-up call to our digital generation. Bitter-sweet broken beat poetics shifting between mournful farewells and fearless blashphemy.
Ventil Records 2024