Colourful audio escapism, cascading layers of playful, ethereal synths, and a constant, calming to quirky rhythm. Producer Mylez Ahead seamlessly unites the familiar and the fresh, for Opus.
Something like an aptly under-water experience, Opus presents a handful of recognisable tones and melodies, and otherwise follows a consistent evolutional trajectory – gathering momentum towards euphoria, and falling away elsewhere, for an appropriately wave-like listen.
Somewhat modest by design but also impressively intricate, Opus is clearly a track for the genuine electronic music and house fans. Mylez Ahead creates from a place of clear appreciation for and connection to the genre, and the timespan and depth of the sound here draws focus to that.
At the same time, there’s a playful creativity at work – these warped sounds and panned moments of change, the breakaway and the drop, the subtlety and the immersive fullness – this all highlights a level of identity and artistic charm that rings loudly amidst the current electronic music realm.
Opus is dreamy, comforting, uplifting, but also unmistakable once it’s crossed your path, and that quality, particularly in its intelligence and subtlety, makes all the difference.
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