EFYL

LABEL PREVIEW COPY ONLY. PURCHASE AND SUPPORT HERE - kelbin.bandcamp.com/album/efyl ---- 18-year-old Italian producer Kelbin creates music as expansive as their fractal-filled vision. Taking influence from artists like Floating Points, Four Tet and Amon Tobin, Kelbin infuses introspective and texture-filled soundscapes with sharp, percussive rhythms and groovy basslines. Since Tabula Rasa label-head RamonPang discovered their modular-emulation music through Twitter, Kelbin has been on a tear of releases, debuting with their “.ARP” EP. “EFYL” is a sonic universe in itself - its tracks seemingly written as separate energy-filled entities that morph and harmonically progress at their own pace. “3032” and “Aero.Blur” are festival-ready highlights - exploding with the loudness and abrasiveness of bass music, underpinned with Kelbin’s signature modular sleekness. Meanwhile, the extreme drones and synths of “Xplorer (with ROBY)”, “Sky Drive” and “One, No One and One Hundred Thousand (with dearest alyx)” create shimmering walls of noise and contrasting moments of deep thought. “EFYL is the opposite of a concept album as people usually think - instead of building all the tracks around the same story/concept, I kinda let each track tell its own story. That’s why there’s like a future garage track, then bass music, then ambient, then future garage again. The concept isn’t in the album itself; everyone will develop their thoughts on the album in their own way and each story will be different for each person. That’s also why the title ‘EFYL’ doesn’t mean anything, I think people could have fun figuring out what the acronym means and everyone will come up with their own answer.” - Kelbin