The most resolutely electronic work he's done yet, buzzes like an ice-cream headache: His voice is slathered with Melodyne's pitch-correction software, and he sings in strange, sing-song cadences whose melody and rhythm seem less like songwriting than the byproduct of algorithmic processes.
Hiperasia is an incoherent mess, sure, but a fun one, too, splattering all kinds of disparate, colorful sounds in the hopes that some of it will stick.
Less exotic than his sizzling debut Alegranza!, and less outwardly tuneful than Pop Negro (nothing here resembles catchy single Bombay), Hiperasia might be a less accessible album, but it’s Díaz-Reixa at his most experimental and inventive.
For those who loved 2008’s sun-dappled breakout album Alegranza!, the more abrasive Hiperasia might not digest as easily. But its restless experimentalism is typical of an artist unwilling to sit still.
"Hiperasia" is a welcome release from El Guincho. However, Díaz-Reixa has created an album that feels out of his control. Some tracks are too long and confusing. The album, as a whole, could have used a second edit for vibe and content.
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