Faizan feat. Amadeus
A surreal, open backdrop provides us an implied canvas atop which Faizan and Amadeus will together paint a colorful picture of collaborative magic in the video for their new single “Aether,” but if you think visual stimulation is the main reason to check this release out, you’d better think again. In the music video for “Aether,” the imagery has to stand out with a bit of pizazz in order to keep up with the majestic nature of the soundtrack, which I would go as far as to say could be some of the sharpest content we’ve seen from Faizan in his career thus far.
Beyond the dreamy quality of the shots here, the music itself feels rather avant-garde in the context it’s being presented to us in the video. To some extent, the visuals are feeding into the narrative behind the melodies as much as the opposite is true, and while this might leave its meaning open to interpretations depending on who the listener is, that’s often half the goal when constructing an original piece of instrumental music. Faizan and Amadeus have no desire to be pigeonholed in this industry; if they did, it’ hard for me to imagine their ever working together on a project like this one.
Aether” enjoys a superbly crisp production style that I was immediately taken with upon listening to the track for the first time over the weekend, and I don’t think you have to be a professional critic to recognize both its purity and organic foundations. There’s nothing synthetic or even slightly fake about the instrumental harmonies in this song - truth be told, there’s more of a sting in the transparent conveyance of the beat than there would have been from most any verse potentially sung here. It’s powerful, and with a vocalist at the helm, I don’t know if it would have been quite as effective.
I didn’t know the full stories behind either of these two acts before coming across this most recent offering in September, but I’m very eager to hear what they can develop both together and separately in the future after getting a taste of their handiwork in “Aether.” The buzz surrounding both camps has been consistent in 2020, and with the relative lack of competition around the underground at the moment, this is one fine pairing that I would bet a hefty wager on with regards to breaking the mainstream sooner than later.
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Trace Whittaker
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
9/2020
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