Xurba: Eidetic Visions

This release came last year from the net label "Kahvi". From the first listen, you can't help think of artists like "Boards of Canada" since Xurba seems to really enjoy the same chord progressions and blippy analog feel in the backdrop of the album. The album can be slighly inconsistent in terms of production quality. The tracks "Backouter" and "In Darker Places" have a very polished feel (they are my favorites on the album) and then some tracks such as "X-interstruct" and "Ennui" have an almost preset quality to them. Don't think, however, that due to the almost rushed feel of the production that the tracks are not enjoyable to listen to; the structure of the songs and melodies are still really good. One selling factor to give these guys a fair shake is that you can download their album for free (see link to kahvi.org below) so it is a low risk listen. Definitely check out the other artists on the net-label, There is some really nice chill stuff there.

» album @ kahvi.org
» artist profile @ last.fm