May 31, 2017
Coldwave Records
Santa Fe/Madrid musician and painter Glen Neff fuses his love of instrumental improvisation with a steady hand in the digital studio on his new 5-track album of globally influenced electronic music. For once-devout followers of the ambient/chill movement, Neff's work will tickle that perhaps-dormant spot in your ear canal in some pretty intriguing ways. While there is a heft of traditional South American, Punjabi-Bhangra, Eastern European and Middle Eastern influence running through the album's rhythmic and vocal-sample veins, Neff deftly adds more contemporary meat to the musical muscle, with layers upon layers of synth, live instruments, effects, drum programming and out-of-left-field genre inclusions. It takes a careful listen to sift the latter out, but it's worth the ride if you want a mellow escape.