The opening track on the album UNOMIA (57'00") by Helios (aka
Keith Kennif) does something other pieces of modern electronic
music can only aspire to do... It stays with you... Lilting
minor key bell-tones echo, build and shift alongside resolute
rhythms. But the memorable quality of this song rises from the
sentimentality experienced through its hopeful mellow melody; a
simple and warm synth line which lingers just long enough to
stir the memory. Only the ambition of ideas can limit this music,
and on UNOMIA, his debut album, Helios easily reaches his
aesthetic aspirations. The mood and energy of this album
wanders up and down, over and under, in a confluence of
various streams. The 13 tracks crossfade smoothly one into the
other - each an engaging interlude of stratified sound. The truly
ambient, environmental moments are cerebral yet comforting.
The motion of these impressionistic aural panoramas are
contrasted by the edges and grainy definition of this album's
rasping rhythms which profoundly tick and shuffle amidst the
details of the listener's waking mind. Great stories have a way of
re-telling themselves, and with UNOMIA, Helios has come up
with an exceptional, irresistible work which successfully
connects prevailing trip-hop fun with the depth and space of
ambient sound design.

Tune in to STAR'S END this weekend for new music from
UNOMIA by Helios

For more on UNOMIA, access: http://www.m3rck.net

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Chuck van Zyl
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