I can't even pretend not to be excited about this EP.
Electric Earth Creation is the 2013 album from Seoul-based, husband and wife, electronic duo Tengger. They're best known for new age-inspired and deeply spiritual varieties of resonating ambient, but they didn't start out that way. They were a hard techno outfit once upon a time and
Electric Earth Creation is the time capsule of their origin. The parts you may recognize from their previous works consist of breathy sighing vocal performances- highly reminiscent of Japanese shoegaze and vertical selections of Boris's
Attention Please- that leap magnificently through the openings presented to them by an ethereal turbine of crescent synth loops. The clearest difference between
Electric Earth Creation and their later work though is the pace- this is a fairly fast record. But speed is not the point. It has a tempo, and that tempo is persistent and undeterred, but its aim is not to wear you down or drain you. Instead, it will restore you so that you can rise to meet a new day. The beats and bassline flow like the rush of water through a canal, with each percussive pattern impacting the area around you like rapids banking against boulders in their path or fish creating a counter-current as they splash and spawn up river - your body is constantly receiving the ripple of the vibration and it feels compelled to move in response to the insistence of these rhythmic inflections, almost like they are releasing an electicity into the atmosphere and it is recharging some internal battery within your core. The most exciting aspect of these mixes is how refreshing they feel- the rush of sound is like stepping into a waterfall and letting it wash and rinse you thoroughly- every second you move to its rhythm is like a replenishing sip of cold crisp spring water. Most dance music is defined by how much it can make you perspire,
Electric Earth Creation seems more interested in replacing what others take out of you.
Available through Extra Noir.
