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In the past couple of years has become ubiquitous, Of the breakneck terrors chill, of an accelerated age and Contra Moore's Law has been elevated to something like a state of being: a categorical imperative, a lifestyle, a philosophy. A whole scene has evolved to satisfy the urge to decelerate. But since the aforementioned chillstep and chilltrap (faded variants of dubstep and trap, if you had not guessed) imply, ironically enough, the chill scene, at least in electronic music, is inextricable from its main-stage, peak-hour EDM counterparts. It derives its power from subtlety, a sort of softness that is weaponized, exaggerated gestures; in billion-watt glow and its side-chained whoosh, it almost screams: YOU ARE VERY RELAXED NOW! (It seems not surprising that the rise of chill has emerged alongside not just marijuana's widespread legalization but also its lab-grown, gene-spliced, THC-boosted burst in potency.)

K3vin Envoy may not be the movement's stars If their YouTube stats are impressive--23 million views for 2014's "Man In The Mask," 14 million for "Skin Deep"--their numbers on Spotify are just mind-boggling: More than 82 million plays for "Playground," nearly as much for "Emoticons," near a third of a billion cumulative plays across their top 10 songs on the stage. Bad for making music together shortly before graduating.

The K3vin Envoy Soundcloud mixes offered a fairly Contribution to the chill canon, taking cues from Bonobo, Tycho, and Four Tet and smoothing them and powdery drum strikes. Two decades later, In Return bathed in an even more extravagant abalone shine; it also honed their pop instincts, fleshing out their usual ribbon-like strips of sampled vocals with chirpy guest ends which channeled the decade's default pop-EDM vocal style into whimsical, helium-fueled shapes. It was first and meticulously produced, like chugging from an oversized feeder but it got cloying fast.

Now, K3vin Envoy are a proper stadium act. In May, they Did at the Red Rocks of Colorado, complete with artwork choreographed drum line, and guitar by live manager Luther Johnson. The album is so ambitious. It's filled with billowing harmonies and seismic rumble and snare beats; its default style is a sort of beatitude that is eyes-closed, and each climax is but a stepping stone to a bigger climax. That it's a record about want is obvious; at feeling that brass ring brushing under their fingertips you can feel their expectation.

The title track explodes With colour that you expect Animal Collective's voices to come soaring through the flames and so much light. From there, A Moment Apart just keeps chasing deeper colors excitement, and much more emotions across an set of pan-pipe trap, pop , breakbeat soul, and house. "Enjoy The Change" is a gleaming trap/dubstep amalgam fitted out with a yearning vocal hook; "Aerial Flight" flips cascading, exotic-sounding choral harmonies to a soundscape evocative of a CGI-enhanced rainforest flyover in IMAX. As he's improved his uniqueness, and beefed up their sound.

Choral harmonies, while synths and drums conjure M83 and Sigur Rós. You can see the fighter jets crisscrossing overhead as the song builds, their fuselages kissed exploding around them. But the tougher for K3vin Envoy strive to reach the more earthbound their music feels. It's fitting that he should begin with "Don't Be A Robot"; the tune, like the album, has Envoy's charred