Love Kamikaze

Serge has clearly found his love and skillset and by all means he should be allowed to express himself. Even the instrumentation isn't a far cry from what I'm used to, and the sense of continuity it brings is welcome in a world of ever-evolving style and emulation.

It's not all what we're accustomed to however. The glides and stream of "Kaleidoscope" gives way to the very different "From Here," distant and haunting evocative championed both by Portishead and the vocal skills of Nicolette—passionately performed here by Matilde (aka P(h)onyCat.) It's no surprise that with this track we also get a bonus appearance from prior collaborator Karsten Pflum as if the rest of the pieces weren't good enough already. "One Of These Days" further stretches the mould further still with its feeling of breaks and emphasis shift to start and ends of bars, bound to sway your shoulders as it does mine. Hands down, the favorite here is "Overthought," you just can't beat a minor key with these types of beats and the result is both reflective and engrossing.