Synth Single Review: “Exotique” by L'Avenue

by Karl Magi

L'Avenue’s “Exotique” transports listeners to a jungle idyll as a profusion of birdsong intertwines with hypnotic tones that vibrate with luscious light as tropical mists condense. Pulling me into a trance, spinning notes flicker with unctuous chords and a roundly expansive underlayer, evoking emerald foliage.

An atmosphere of luxurious, surrounding warmth is broken by sonic ripples, like a still pond ruffled by humid breezes. As ethereal pipes sing, an image of beautiful flowers blooming in a canopy of verdant life comes to me. All of the relaxation of lounging on a veranda above a valley full of entangled beauty and natural wonder is painted by the airy notes that sail elegantly over foundational pulses.

As the percussion flows delicately, a feeling of letting go suffuses me, creating tranquility as reverberating vibration soothes me and richly calling pan pipes paint a picture of a jungle paradise, full of true natural wonder before the track ends.