Ape Suit Drops An Experimental Electronic Record
- R.A.G.
- 50 minutes ago
- 3 min read
One of the more experimental but insanely addicting pieces of electronic work that I've heard in quite some time comes from Ape Suit, who recently released an EP that delivers loads of sort of wild soundscapes that feel like something you'd hear in a lucid dream.
Now, these songs are not smooth per se, but they have ambient undertones to them, and this gives them a bit of a cinematic feel at times, but there's also all kinds of fun and tripped-out approaches that let this record breathe and breed its own atmosphere.
This is probably one of my favorite aspects about the record as a whole. It is unique, outside the box, avant-garde, and it is freeing.
This is a record made without walls built around it. It carries with it fewer boundaries than whatever you may be used to.
It is called The Mask Eats The Face, and doesn't waste much time giving you fun, experimental and addictive soundscapes with its first and title track.
This is a great single to introduce the record with, so that it gets you in the zone of experimental and blatantly percussive edginess, but all with melodic overtone and drive at the same time.
This first track, in particular, has loads of percussion going on. They're all kinds of clicks and beats, giving it an almost tribal feel at times while remaining electronic and without ever letting go of the wild side in terms of its energy and approach.
There are those synth pads that add the vastness in there, but it's really quite a full-bodied single.
This is followed by a track called "Stuck In A Fucking Charlie Kaufman Film", which, to me, delivers more of a classic kind of electronic style, especially with some of the wavy synthesizers that are used, creating these quick swells and sways, and all kinds of fun, classic blips and samples that are used, reminding you of the days of 303s and 808 machines.
I grew up with those kinds of beat machines, so hearing sounds like this kind of makes me think of those days.
Again, this is not directed at a certain audience. This is something that's done purely for the love of doing it.
I think there is an audience for that and plenty of people that love experimental electronic music.
Probably one of the smoothest and calmest tracks on the record is the third one called "Climb A Great Mountain", which has a lot of keys that are used, creating a more easy-going sort of soundscape that feels calming and a bit mellow.
The beat is totally 90s, if you ask me, but the layers of keys really create a thickness in the aesthetic of it all, which I absolutely loved.
By this point, on the record you can really get engulfed in the soundscapes that are delivered.
The EP closes with a song called "The Nothing Around Which Everything", and this one definitely uses some great synths and key tones that create dripping effects and watery backbones.
A few random vocal samples here and there add different textures into the track, but all in all, this sounds like taking acid and going on a can you ride through a deep dark cave of some type.
I love how fun this record is. Again, it's so freeing, simply because it's just doing what it wants to.
Again, this is music that is created for the sake of creating it, and it was probably immense fun making this EP.
Now, Ape Suit is a project that masters the art of cinematic Sway and flowing tonality. If you dig this record, I would heavily suggest dipping back into some of the previous works on the Spotify page, as there is a ton to soak in.
This is otherworldly at times while still keeping to this amazing digital resonance and sonic presence.
You can spend half the day with headphones on just delving through this stuff, and I suggest you do because it's endlessly fun.
Start with this record and work your way back.
This is for those who are looking for a sonic musical adventure.
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