Listening (Liriope): iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon
Listening (Oxalis): iTunes/Apple Music, Amazon
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Time for another exciting batch post! I just found out that mysterious musician Q flavor released two albums in December, both of which are related in their titles (all taken from scientific names of plants) and artwork and musical style, so rather than writing one post about one of the albums and then a second post where I just say “ditto,” it made more sense to just write a post about both at the same time.
Q flavor is a reclusive composer whose only web presence is a personal website that they only update whenever they release something new. They’ve done a couple of game soundtracks, including one which I’m planning on posting about here after I play the game and relisten to it, but most of their work is songwriting, remixes, and original electronic compositions. I suspect the name may be the secret alter ego of someone with a day job, but that’s based entirely on the overall circumstances and not because I think they sound like someone in particular.
I generally associate their music with a really cool glassy, glitchy, and overstimulating sound design that they use regardless of musical style, though their style also generally tends to be chill, sometimes more pop-oriented and sometimes more trip-hoppy. The result is that to me a lot of their music tends to sound a bit samey, but when your same is as good as their same is, that’s A-OK with me. If it rules, why fix it?
Liriope and Oxalis are both the furthest away from anything I’ve heard previously by Q flavor, though, in that they’re by far their most ambient works. They’ve for sure done ambient music before, but never quite this deep an exploration into more droney, stationary music. It’s not bad! From a production perspective it’s definitely a bit less show-offy, but their sound design is still there in pieces and there’s some nice glitchiness in several tracks as well.
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