London-based musician, producer, and visual storyteller Alex Kos presents “Through Waves” as the second release from Kavé, his audiovisual project exploring the space between music and cinema. Set on the imagined planet Perpetua in 2325, the track embeds characters and dialogue directly into its composition, expanding into an accompanying original film, above.
The track’s production enthralls in its range between thumping electronic pop and gorgeously dynamic guitar work. A click-clacking rhythmic intrigue emerges initially amidst spacey electronics, quickly met by a soothing bass line. A breezy, twangy guitar element joins the mix with hypnotic immersion, adorned by sporadic additional layers that shift between jangly late-night atmospherics and balmy island-set charm.
A blissfully atmospheric entrancement shows around midpoint, where a spoken-word presence consumes in depictions of tides, the ocean, and water’s overall flow in relation to the self. Trickling water sounds mesh with dreamy electronics, as references to diving through “the deep ocean blue, to feel alive when the day is through” enamor. “I swim further than ever,” the lead voice continues, gradually bolstered by added guitars. The final segment, where he delivers “ripples take me through the seasons,” embraces the electronic pop realm more, even as guitar work persists beautifully. Succeeding in atmosphere and melody, in addition to an absorbing music video, “Through Waves” is an excellent track from Kavé.
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This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify playlist.
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