"viktor benev harnesses electronic sounds as naturally as metal conducts lightning."
– no transmission
"the sweep of benev's complex yet beautiful melodies is a wonder to behold."
"benev's constructions are always clever, but here again his melodic gifts are clearly evident."
– dino dimuro publicist at pitch perfect online music blog
architextures displays benev's various interests spanning from exploring uncommon ways of playing a range of instruments (vibraphone, percussion, piano, guitar, vocals) to working with panoramic panning decisions and striking harmonic progressions. this third opus in his studio album catalogue leads the listener in a methodically developed sound world where acoustic and digital material blend in a cohesive whole.
abiding to the manifest for music creation, dating from 2020, this is the first long-playing album to consistently pursue the eleven points, written by the artist.
influences from glitch music are evident on the tracks rez and aera, whereas compositions such as beings from another dimension and nova, display neo-classical inclination, treated in a charmingly contemporary fashion. complementing the variety present in the whole album are pink and dirty and sweet filter of love with uncommon, but very elegant use of voice, purely as supplementary sound material. memories from daily life and chakra offer auspicious, introverted moments for contemplation, followed by trails to eternity, which beautifully puts the ending touch of the whole album with a graceful bewildering contrast between analog material and an almost romantic classicism, settled in the final melodic passage of the piano.
the album was given the top album tag by dino dimuro at pitch perfect and has been highly regarded from the critics on multiple blogs and magazines.
CREDITS
released 29/05/2022
produced, composed, performed, engineered by viktor benev
mastered by shawn hatfield at audible oddities
visual conception by bilyana furnadzhieva