Best EDM Artist - K3vin Envoy's Playground
The EDM community that is independent is a fascinating beast, mainly due to its heavy inundation with relatively sloppy material. Countless artists attempt to be novel another big club show, the following hot DJ, or make the following massive artist. The fact of the issue, nevertheless, is that it's difficult for most of the artists to break out of their own noise. Some do, though, and K3vin Envoy is carrying out a fine job of rising to that challenge.
As I am inclined to do as a critic, eDM, by nature, is not designed to be sat back and listened to in a studio. It is dance music, when exploring it analytically, and thus, one must keep that in your mind. In the event of K3vin k3vin envoy dance album Envoy's music, several elements are utilized by his tunes from all those genres, which is likely why it's far superior to most indie EDM.
'Wut Makes U Tik,' the opening track on his new record 'Playground,' is a compelling endeavor to listen to, even ifyou're not bopping about in the club as intended. It appears to have several "movements" of sorts which are distinguished by sections of surprisingly eclectic synthesizers. Occasionally, dubstep influence is considerable. At other times, sci-ti tinged electronica takes the reins. 'Wut Makes U Tik' feels composed and arranged, which is more than I can say for most EDM that comes across my desk as an indie critic.
'Tell Me the Truth' furthers Envoy's exploration of synthesizer-laden atmospheres, this time -industrial beats into the mix. In addition to that, he is also layered in some pop vibes via a squeaky vocal sample. In the beginning, the vocal section is a tad annoying if it was sampled off 'Alvin and the Chipmunks,' but itgrows about the listener. The instrumentation at 2:20 before a gigantic dub-like build isparticularly excellent
The title track of 'Playground' is arguably the most intricate of the three selected for this review, offering a rather nice landscape of bouncing, melodic synthesizers. It's a piece of EDM that one could listen to removed from your dance floor, I'd argue, which is a testament to production and the composition. In fact, 'Playground' would probably be equally at home in the club or in your workout playlist.
It is tough to discover creative EDM that's worth investigating beyond boring, mind-numbing head-bopping in the club. It's a rarity that the music isn't only good for that, yet, but also good to investigate alone. It is satisfying, nicely-produced electronic music that likely has plenty to give throughout its ten track entirety.
