Very intriguing glitch record, I don't know anything else in the genre outside of the glitch pop stuff, but this feels like a really good first step. I enjoyed this a lot, this is brain candy headphone music in it's purest form, I love the cold and eerie atmospheric soundscapes, and the harsh glitches and very minimal beats. It's a hard record to describe, it's just really vibey music that follows a musical pattern vaguely but is still very free-floating and entrancing. One ... read more
i've been through ryoji ikeda before YOU GOT NOTHING ONE MEEEE
ahhh yes glitch and micromontage my friends and also my foes... how i love and hate both of you
the one thing that seperate alva from ryoji is the fact that alva can mix a little bit better (i guess?)
well i'm gonna assume that this whole genre is really hard to mix now cuz all of them are pain in my ears
have to admit it's kinda boring but whatever
8.2/10 -> [8/10]
<3 : none (it's okay)
it's like a more rhythmic and danceable dataplex except also four years before. a lot of cool textures interacting creating a sparse yet full soundscape of various glitches. the arrangements are ever-surrounding in their minimalistic presence throughout