By Ian Lockwood
Staff Writer
Producer, Libra, released his first full instrumental album, “One Of The Peaces 1” that attracts listeners with its experimental instrumentals.
The album is an intriguing and mind twisting collection of tracks, that are filled with hard hitting drums, intriguing samples, and an experimental atmosphere.
Libra is the pseudonym of former Mira Costa student, Shane Crow. Last year, he started producing hip hop instrumentals from his bedroom and posts his music to his Soundcloud account. He produces his beats with the Roland SP404, a drum machine, that allows him to manually arrange his samples and drum patterns to build songs.
The album contains hard hitting and lively drums on the album, creating a sense of immersion for listeners. The tracks on the album “D∆WN P∆TROL” and “l l l : ∆” is an example with the hard and lively drums on the album Although the drums are slow mostly in the tracks, they tend to change throughout the track and keep the listener engaged.
On the album, sampling seems to be Libr∆’s main source of instrumentation that creates a unique and intriguing tone of the album. The samples used on the album are heavily distorted and glitchy bringing a low quality atmosphere that is unique to the music and . The tracks “It’s All Love” and “Manifestation” are examples of the distorted Lo-Fi beats.
The mix of hard drums and low quality samples make an experimental atmosphere on the tracks because of the slow and abstract song arrangements. Libr∆’s arrangements and sample choices bring an experimental atmosphere to the tracks and make them intriguing and relaxing to listen to. The more experimental and psychedelic tracks comes towards the end of the album especially on “Pander” and “It’s All Love”,
Despite being Libra’s first full release, the album is impressing because of its Authentic sound. The drums and sample arrangements sound hand played and not programmed by computer like most famous producers, which becomes dull and tiring to listen to. The authenticity of the music makes the album more attractive to listen to compared to famous producers that are releasing music now.
One fault in the album is how the tracks are short and don’t have enough time to develop. Each track only lasts maybe a minute or two, which can make the track boring because there’s no time for transition into a new arrangement of the sample or enough change in the track. On the track “Breakthrough” seems only to be a loop of the same four bars, which gets bothersome and dull to listen to.
“One Of The Peaces 1” is an unique experimental instrumental album that is filled with hard hitting drums, intriguing samples, and an experimental atmosphere.
“One Of The Peaces 1” is available for listen and digital download on Libra’s soundcloud account.
The album is impressive because of its authentic sound. The synthetic drums and sample arrangements sound hand-played and not programmed by computer like most famous producers. The authenticity of the music makes the album more attractive to listen compared to famous producers that are releasing music now.
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