Demen - Nektyr flac album

Nektyr would've been perfectly at home on 4AD or Projekt during the late '80s or early '90s, and might have been among their best releases, but its weightlessness and otherworldliness can't be attached to any specific time period.

Even though the whole project doesn't manages the virtuosity and versatility as a majestic album effectively does, the overall feeling was succesfully positive on me. 2mo. 100. This is so Beautiful! The music takes you on a deep, cinematic and magical journey. Absolutely in my taste.

Demen's debut album is worth listening to in its own right, regardless of any nostalgia for the 4AD sound. She takes a studied-sounding array of influences from contemporary ambient and drone, infusing them with a more operatic, vocalised melancholy. The album calls for repeat listens, mainly in adjustment to the sound world she has created here – it's one which is at times too overwhelmingly sad to process.

The album took a few years to materialize, which might not be the right word, given how vaporous and ethereal it sounds. The songs themselves take their sweet time to progress, typically starting off with vast, glacial droning before slow, heavy drums come in (if they appear at all).

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The album does feel like it's missing something that prevents it from being a truly excellent outing, but as of today yours truly cannot put my finger on it. It doesn't feel unfinished or half-baked, that enough is beyond dispute, but there's just something it's lacking that keeps it from hitting that next level. Still, Nektyr is a really solid and interesting debut that will definitely make listeners interested in what Demen will do next.

Listen to music from Demen like Niorum, Mea & more. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from Demen. Bringing to mind the darkest corners of the '80s/'90s 4AD and Projekt catalogs, Demen's debut album, Nektyr, was issued by Kranky in 2017. The label explains that the artist anonymously sent them a few songs, which they found instantly captivating. After a few years of slow but steady progress, the album was completed in 2016 and released the following year.