Totems is the fourth full-length album from New Jersey
Pine Barrens experimental electronic duo Loess. The
album encompasses some of Loess' most expressive and
melodic yet otherworldly works to date. The opening cut
blaen pulsates in odd forms yet is propelled by a micro
garage beat that sounds as if alien AI might have
constructed it. On the flip side, Totems is not about experimentation
for experimentation's sake. For instance, the
album's midpoint track, bentalls, might be Loess' most
melodious work to date, warmly catchy but firmly set in the
world of Loess. The duo has been quietly creating their
style of electronic music for two decades in placing ambient,
dub, garage, and IDM into their aural blender. Totems
is an excellent example of Loess' adeptness at genre
contorting.
| A1 | blaen |
| A2 | faks |
| A3 | torden |
| B1 | bentalls |
| B2 | slake |
| B3 | wellen |
| B4 | felsic |
