Just imagine; Elikiaonthebeat and Moïra, two Swiss chefs, stir Strobo in a mixing bowl together. What’s pulled out of the oven is an afro-light, retro-basting soufflé manned with a definite hip-hop seasoning, and it only has in their recipe a pinch of experimentation, a dash of passion, and an absolute heap of artistic vision. The result is their debut EP ‘EP.Strobo’: an intensely innovative, eclectic, and dynamic masterpiece that’s going to leave you reelingᅳunsettled with all you’d believed you had known about music.
It’s as though woven directly into the fabric of this EP were the themes of discovery and creation. The duo seems to proclaim, ‘We are no musicians; rather, we are sonic cartographers, charting out a course to new frontiers and calling you with us on this journey.’ And what a journey it is! With luscious, compelling instrumentals from Elikiaonthebeat and sky-high vocals from Moïra, one gets truly lost in this world where the bounds between genre and style blur in all the right ways.
But what ‘EP.Strobo’ humanly represents to me is something beyond only a list of tracks, more of a manifesto, a declaration that the duo longed to get their music out, to be connected. It says, in effect: “Hey, we don’t do music just for ourselves but also for you,” and that is what makes this offering of love and creativity something differentᅳa gift that will never let you be able to say one is not appreciated, heard, or seen as before.
How does ‘EP.Strobo’ then sound like? For all the Fela Kuti, J Dilla, and Lauryn Hill thrown into a music melting potᅳadd some Swiss precision and charge it with emotionᅳit’s like climbing into a time machine back to the future: music is the international language that will transcend borders and limits.
In short, ‘EP.Strobo’ is an extraordinary experience that will be expected soon and will leave one breathless and craving for more. So take the time to check it out; your earsᅳone’s soulᅳwill thank one later.
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