Rudolf returns to Archipel's vinyl series with a thick, heavy and subtly moody body of work entitled "Wax Poetic". Throughout the entire record is a pleasurable, weighted atmosphere that has a peculiar glow all its own which feels like it could bead up into a phosphorescing condensation, dripping down dark concrete walls. "El Hombre de la Mascara" sends ripples through solidifying slurry with its rolling, mammoth, percussion which has been laced with scratchy, hissing textures and warped, angled vocal snippets with a round melodic bell which cameos precisely where called for. "Piedra Libre" is a percussive statue in motion feeding its textured, plasticized, limbs into itself and evolving into subtly ever more detailed structures. "The New Ax" strips things down a little but is still very much filled with rich and juicy textures, the occasional vocal cut and otherworldly stringed instrumentation all tightly wrapped within a rolling cocoon of rhythm. "Silvias" injects a little bit of funk into the release's overall textured package and contains a plethora of shifting colours and patterns to play within while being lulled further deeper into its coiled structure.
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