- Albert Redwine is at his best when he's juggling multiple ideas at once. It's a tendency that made this year's Voidic Charms both exhilarating and overwhelming. And it's something that's even more apparent on the four-track .XVX Files, which compresses trance, rave, Jersey club and house into an eventful 13 minutes.
"Try Faking It" pivots on a hyperactive melody, teasing trap before its barreling 136 BPM kick drum crashes in. From there, the track is programmed as a series of glittery gears and neon conveyer belts all working in chaotic unison, finished off with a dusting of trance pads. Moving onto video game music, "Docudrama" pairs what sounds like a hi-res rendering of a track from EarthBound with bounding Jersey club-style kicks and cocking guns á la grime. The other two tracks let up on the information overload: "Choo Choo" is brittle and jittery, centering on a playful piano sample, while "Where Do I Go" features supple hand percussion whose warmth feels almost out of place in Ultrademon's music. The softer bass jabs on "Where Do I Go" are a far cry from how the EP started. On the The .XVX Files Redwine finds new ways to hide the seams in his sonic patchwork while keeping things as adventurous as ever.
Tracklist01. Try Faking It
02. Docudrama
03. Choo Choo
04. Where Do I Go