Six Months Of Superb Synth - Chillsynth Singles

by Karl Magi

In the fourth part of my six-month roundup, I’m exploring the chillsynth tracks that made a lasting impression on me since January. These selections are the ones that truly caught my ear, though it's worth noting that 2025 has been overflowing with outstanding music and it’s been a challenge for me to choose just a few.

Prophylaxis & Nightflyer – Memory Sequence

Memory Sequence by Prophylaxis & Nightflyer blends pulse and drift, creating a sensation of floating through time. Computerized textures open the track, airy and space-bound, before immense drums and planing synths rise to fill the sonic sky. A trembling synth carries emotional resonance, while flickering notes and metallic echoes stretch across a shifting horizon. Broad patterns and tapping rhythms pulse with clarity, building a breathy calm that slowly dissipates, ending in suspended quiet.

st.cliche – Frontier

st.cliche’s Frontier is a gentle passage through airy ambiance and reflective space. Far-off tones flicker through haze as soft synth waves echo with a peaceful effulgence A punchy low end and delicate percussion create a sense of flight, as melodic fragments drift like mist across a still sky. The track expands with flickering high notes and slowly unwinding rhythms, inviting deep contemplation. As the final synth glow fades, I’m left hovering with profound inner stillness.

Lucy in Disguise – Indigo Moon

Lucy in Disguise’s Indigo Moon captures the night sky’s quiet majesty. The track opens with glowing synth light and softly exhaling textures, the bass rumbling below like distant thunder. Metallic drums echo and ghostly wisps drift through, while fragile tones add moonlit grace. Shadows bloom beneath glinting high notes and the music floats like calm night air, touched with mystery. A final breath of sound carries it into silence, leaving behind a tranquil afterglow.

ＭＩＤＮＩＧＨＴ ＨＩ－ＦＩ’s Dreamnet

ＭＩＤＮＩＧＨＴ ＨＩ－ＦＩ’s Dreamnet drifts like a lucid dream through retro tech haze and soft nocturnal glow. It opens with the tactile charm of computer sounds and a robotic voice logging in, before a synth tide flows out thick, smooth and thrumming with emotion. Flickering arpeggios dance over pulsing bass and crisp drums, weaving a serene yet textured landscape. As the track glides forward, a glowing panpipe-like melody floats through ethereal atmospheres, carrying me deeper into its misty world before it fades in gentle light.

SEA OF SIGNS – The sky between us

SEA OF SIGNS’ The sky between us breathes like a storm clearing quietly. Rainfall opens the track in a wash of calm, while deeply echoing synths and soft guitar-like tones drift with heartfelt ease. The melody moves like a tender memory floating, bending, brushing past with warmth. Subtle bass pulses and luscious textures create a sense of drifting through introspective landscapes. Every note whispers past, slipping away in soft reflection by the track’s end.

Mellow Fields & Faulty Lights - Celestial Echoes / The Expanse

Mellow Fields & Faulty Lights’ Celestial Echoes / The Expanse is a journey into a vast soundscape, where glowing synths and a pulsing rhythm guide the listener into galactic peace. The track builds with shimmering, ripple-like melodies and a heartbeat of bass and drums. Fragile chimes, drifting piano and softly shifting textures glide like leaves borne on water, while the synths shimmer with delicate radiance. The piece lingers in a twilight space between motion and stillness, cosmic and intimate, before fading into hushed silence.

Alex Boychuk – In This Moment

Alex Boychuk’s In This Moment is an ascent through emotional skyways. Bass rumbles below as glittering arpeggios spiral upward, meeting gleaming synth and soft guitar that wafts in with bittersweet beauty. The rhythm moves with a smooth slide, while the melodies intertwine like light over water. There's both weight and lift in the blend, mournful guitar and shining chimes coalescing into a graceful whole. Floating through high air, the track gently soothes before laying down its final, peaceful note.

Dimi Kaye – Office After Hours

Dimi Kaye’s Office After Hours lounges in late-night elegance with jazzy, synth-laced ease. Smooth, curling synths float over rebounding drums as well-composed melodies unravel in lazy spirals. Warm tones and polished textures glide with relaxed confidence, while soft chimes glint like city lights. Jazzy inflections and gently flickering synths build a vibe of after-dark comfort, cool and unhurried. As the rhythm pulses into hush, the track fades with calm sophistication.

Luxe & Leisure - Daydream

Luxe & Leisure’s Daydream unfolds like a seaside reverie, where shimmering synths and ocean-washed textures blend into a tropical vision. A mellow bass and Sleepless Nights’ soothing guitar work bring warmth and ease, while soft drums beat with a calming heart. Twinkling chimes and jazzy organ notes add sunlight to the scene, painting an idyllic afternoon of blue skies and still waters. The song unfurls with airy grace, dispersing every trace of tension and leaving only glowing tranquility in its wake.

Decisive Koala - Floating Windows

Decisive Koala’s Floating Windows drifts on glistening currents of sound, carried by luminous pulses and mist-like melodies. Sparkling synth tones and gently pounding drums move with deliberate grace, while exhaling synths float like early morning fog above a soothing low end. The piece evolves with trembling, voice-like synths, golden tones and a sense of burnished fragility. There’s a dreamlike suspension here, where sound flickers like sunlight on water and trumpet-like synths call out with tranquil purpose before dissolving into the horizon.

INTERDIT – Hide in the waves

INTERDIT’s Hide in the waves is an immersive tide of silky movement and lambent emotion. The bass undulates in beneath a weightless synth that flows like moonlit surf. As bright chimes sparkle and wordless vocals hover with breathy joy, the track lifts into an ocean of light. Glimmering textures mingle with ticking rhythms and radiant melodies, evoking weightless motion in blue, sun-dappled water. The music ebbs with shimmering notes before vanishing into a final, tidal hush.

Wellside – Endless Desire

Endless Desire by Wellside paints a soft-focus soundscape in pastels and misty air. A gliding synth pulses with chilly smoothness as the track stretches into expansive calm, buoyed by rounded bass and whispering drums. Broken, airy melodies flicker upward like a soft exhalation. As it flows, pink-cloud imagery and featherlight textures shape the track’s floating beauty. The track’s calm, indigo-tinged melody and gleaming chimes echo in gentle warmth, guiding me into open space before dissolving softly.

What Is Intellectual Neo-Colonialism—and Why It Matters

Written by Vero Kitsuné

Let’s talk about something that’s often hard to name but easy to feel—especially if you’re a creative from a historically marginalized culture navigating predominantly white, Western, or Eurocentric spaces: Intellectual Neo-Colonialism.

It’s a mouthful, yes. But it’s also very real.

At its core, Intellectual Neo-Colonialism is the act of borrowing, appropriating, or repackaging ideas, aesthetics, and cultural narratives—especially from non-Western creators—without acknowledgment, context, or credit. It's the “soft power” version of cultural erasure. No one’s storming borders with flags anymore—but your concepts, your voice, your identity? That can still be taken, stylized, and resold—without you in the picture.

How It Shows Up

It can look like someone with more social capital suddenly adopting your distinct aesthetic.
It can sound like your political or cultural messaging being echoed back to you—by someone with a bigger platform and none of your lived experience.
It can feel like invisibility, even when your influence is right there in front of everyone.

And most of the time, it comes with a shrug:

"We’re all inspired by each other."
"Everything is an interpolation."
"It’s just a coincidence."

But here’s the thing: when creators from marginalized backgrounds spend years carving out their voice, their look, and their message—only to watch someone with more privilege co-opt it for aesthetic or commercial gain—it’s not just “inspiration.” It’s extraction.

Why It Matters

Because power dynamics still shape whose voices are amplified and whose are ignored.
Because colonization didn’t end—it just shifted into more subtle, insidious forms.
Because artists of color are still told they’re “too much,” “too political,” or “too niche”—until someone else repackages their work and suddenly it’s “innovative.”

If we don’t talk about Intellectual Neo-Colonialism, we allow it to thrive unchecked.
We let people build their platforms on the backs of others without recognizing the roots they’re drawing from.

This isn’t about gatekeeping. It’s about giving credit. It’s about context. It’s about equity.
It’s about reminding each other that representation without recognition isn’t progress—it’s plagiarism with better PR.

What We Can Do

• Speak up when we see ideas being lifted without credit.

• Honor the source—not just the surface.

• Create space for marginalized voices to define themselves, rather than be defined by others.

• Support original artists and call out the systems that reward replication over authenticity.

We all borrow. We all remix. That’s how art evolves.
But there’s a difference between homage and hijacking.
And we have to be able to talk about that.

Have you experienced or witnessed Intellectual Neo-Colonialism in your scene or industry? Let’s name it. Let’s unpack it. And let’s build a culture that values originality with integrity.

Six Months Of Superb Synth - Instrumental Synthwave Singles

by Karl Magi

In the third installment of my six-month roundup, I'm diving into the instrumental synthwave, retrowave and post-synthwave singles that stood out to me over the past half year. These are the tracks that really grabbed my ear, though it's worth remembering that 2025 has been full of exceptional music, making it a challenge to narrow things down.

Toxxic Project & Dynatron - Voices of Void

Toxxic Project & Dynatron’s Voices of Void captures ghostly echoes drifting through vast, ethereal space with haunting beauty. It begins with a poetically drifting voice and vibrating sound that accelerates as colossal bass pulses and misty, floating notes weave through the music. Heavy, concentrated drums and rumbling bass anchor the track while rippling synth, like illuminated fog, flows with pained warmth.

Tragic chords and distant voices deepen the ominous atmosphere as the low end grows ever stronger. Amidst the thunderous drums and bass, a spectrally delicate synth carries a moving, gentle melody that glides peacefully above the brooding power below, until the music dissolves into silence.

Lunarcade & Jack Dorph - Neon Souls

Lunarcade & Jack Dorph’s Neon Souls builds a cinematic soundscape full of moving emotion. It opens with peacefully drifting synths and a richly textured bass, forming a beautiful atmosphere. Radiant melodies rise from the synths, carrying a bittersweet mix of hope tinged with quiet sadness.

Soft, hollow tones drift outward, evoking introspective calm. A burst of sparkling sound signals the return of the main melody, which glides through the music like a nostalgic dream. As the rhythm pulses steadily, I feel carried by waves of memory and beauty, until the last notes gently fade into silence.

DXO & Deckrd - XO24

DXO & Deckrd’s XO24 blends percussive strength with gentle, dreamy feeling as it unfolds. The track opens with distantly shining notes that grow stronger, filling the music with cosmic luminosity, while angular drums and bass drive forward alongside slicing synthesizer tones. A glistening background synth adds a celestial glow as the hard-hitting rhythm propels the music onward.

The main melody floats on an airy synthesizer, dreamy and soothing, radiating hope and calm as it moves through the track. A surging low end provides energetic contrast, creating a dynamic balance against the silky melody. pellucid notes tremble outward and string-like sounds swirl together, bringing the track to a smooth, graceful close.

Cassetter, Cyberwalker & Sleepless Nights - Nocturnal

Cassetter, Cyberwalker & Sleepless Nights’ Nocturnal fuses aggression, shadow and dramatic guitar into a surging, emotional ride. The track kicks off with hard-hitting drums and a rushing bass that slam forward with fierce energy, while a misty, hollow-sounding synth carries a spectral melody.

As radiant synth lines mix with the growling low end, the music builds tremendous weight and power, slicing forward with undeniable momentum.

A flaring synth and flitting notes add points of light before Sleepless Nights’ guitar carves through the track, its darkly yearning melody full of intricate emotion. The guitar solo unwinds passionately, leaping against the driving bass, before gruff textures and a gentle background glow carry the music to a conclusion.

HeartBeatHero - The Next Chapter

HeartBeatHero’s The Next Chapter blends meditative serenity with majestic strength. It begins with deep, slowly tumbling notes that build into a massive, interlocking synth pattern. As the colossal bass growls underneath, the gleaming notes create a trance-like momentum that mesmerizes with their spinning, razor-edged clarity. These hypnotic loops eventually fade into misty, drifting synths full of haunting ache, shadowed by ominous echoes.

A weighty synth shifts in the background as bursts of rough sound haunt the desolate openness. When the percussion returns, it carries a grand, trumpet-like synth that soars with a choir’s majestic resonance, lending the track a triumphant, vast feeling. The final moments float out on elevated, ethereal notes that echo into silence.

Echo Wolf - Entanglement

Echo Wolf’s Entanglement blends tender emotion with overwhelming strength, creating a track full of contrast and feeling. It opens with towering bass supporting a delicate, glimmering synth that carries a melancholy melody, before swooping into gigantic drums and dense, rebounding bass.

The sharp throb of the rhythm contrasts beautifully with the synth’s tenderness. As the bass rumbles on and engaging melodies caress the ears, a profound sense of caring and shadowy power intertwine. Tragedy-tinged synth calls out once more above the heavy drums and bass, until a final exhalation of breath and an emotionally aching, full synth melody carry the track to a powerful end.

SynthPrincipal - Bring Me Closer

SynthPrincipal’s Bring Me Closer merges percussive power with serene melodic beauty. From the start, rumbling bass and a massive, gleaming synth pulse with intensity, grounded by a crisp kick and snare. The lead synth, haunting and graceful, winds through the music with a calming presence.

Bright flickers of sound appear like stars, while descending, string-like notes add to the musical depth. Fragile melodies float above the relentless low-end, creating contrast and emotional tension. As the beat hypnotizes and the synth swirls, I’m swept into a reverent sonic experience. The track climaxes with crashing drums and cascading synth, then closes on a wriggling, glowing fadeout.

The Blue Book Project - Aperitivo

The Blue Book Project’s Aperitivo is a fun and bubbly summer disco journey. The track begins as a throbbing disco beat skips and a nasal-sounding, pulsating synth jumps, while smoothly gliding notes slip underneath. The groove is intense as flashing light twinkles above the steadily tumbling synth pattern. A brassy melody moves with dynamism and positivity, creating a feel-good vibe which I enjoy.

As the trumpeting notes ring out, sharp-edged sounds swirl between them and the drums create a solid pulse,funky and smooth, as piano notes shine and chimes glitter. The music’s floor-filling energy is undeniable as a wriggling synth spins with uplifting strength, swirling through the music with irrepressible joy. A descending note pattern locks in with the groove and the broadly glowing synth descends with a velvety motion. Now a trembling synth pulses as the piano forms an effervescent melodic pattern before the track ends.

Skylane Drive - Desert Trails

Skylane Drive’s Desert Trails evokes the haunting expanse of a sun-scorched wilderness through pulsing bass, glittering arpeggios and yearning synth tones. From the swirling motion of twirling synths to the aching bursts of melody and metallic percussion, the track paints a mirage-like soundscape full of heat and desolation.

Sax-like synths and trembling chimes imbue the piece with a bittersweet sense of longing, while the steady bass and drifting melodies create a sense of vast stillness. As the track fades, it leaves behind the impression of endless trails beneath an unforgiving sun.

Droid Bishop - Return of Gemini

Droid Bishop’s Return of Gemini is a soaring interstellar odyssey through a plethora of synths and radiant guitar work, capturing the exhilaration of cosmic adventure with each note. Towering drums pulse beneath fragile melodies as effulgent synths gleam and guitars ascend with triumphant power.

The music evokes weightless flight and star-drenched wonder, weaving together dynamic energy and atmospheric beauty in a way that feels both cinematic and deeply moving. It’s a thrilling journey across the stars, guided by Droid Bishop’s emotive, space-bound sound.

Rogue VHS & Francois Smith - Luno

Rogue VHS & Francois Smith’s Luno is a track steeped in peaceful emotion and wistful longing, unfolding with a sense of serene beauty. It begins in tranquil space as flickering tones and shadowy bass shift gently beneath a steady, thumping kick.

Lush, rippling arpeggios and a bouncing synth create a warm, pulsing motion, while a sunlit lead melody glows with dreamy tenderness. The drums carry the flow forward as smooth textures and a nasal-toned synth wind with gentle expression.

As the rhythm drops away, shimmering arpeggios and echoing notes trail off like light in mist. Touching melodies dance softly before the bass falls silent and gliding notes drift quietly into stillness.

CODE 89 - Euphoria

CODE 89’s Euphoria is a dazzling, ever-shifting sonic odyssey that pulses with energy and emotional richness. From the opening moments of spacious notes and massive bass, the track unfolds with luminous synths and surging rhythm, drawing the listener into its radiant, fast-moving flow.

Flashing chords, slicing melodies and trembling low-end movement create a dynamic interplay of melancholy and exhilaration. As tempos shift and sparkling notes soar, Euphoria becomes a vibrant ride through cascading light and sound, ending on vitality and wonder.

Cat Temper - Hissteria

Review by Karl Magi

Overall Album Impressions

Cat Temper’s Hissteria is another superbly produced, intensely layered and extremely entertaining album from the king of cat puns and excellent synth-based music. This album is full of exuberance and fascinating synth tones and textures, complemented by a guitar that adds sharp edges and a melodic basis that carries the music forward. Once again, Cat Temper is innovative and full of surprises, making this an album worth returning to again and again.

One of the features I really enjoy about Hissteria is the way ‘80s power pop vibes are mixed with sounds that remind me of New Wave artists. The beat-driven low end blends with well-written melodies that sometimes lean toward an edgier side and other times feel more playful. The result evokes the past without becoming a pastiche. The music feels fresh, even while it proudly wears its retro influences.

Another reason I find Hissteria so entertaining is how Cat Temper intertwines all of his synth sounds with guitar and propulsive percussion to create an end result that’s full of dynamism and fascinating sonic moments. The interaction between the layers results in an album that’s hard to ignore as it weaves together different tonal and timbral elements into a cohesive and ear-pleasing whole.

I’m also enamoured with the album’s melodic content. Cat Temper has written catchy, fun melodies that also contain an emotional core and a sense of playfulness. Each melody is distinct and engaging, moving across different moods and expressions. There are little twists in the melodies I enjoy as Cat Temper throws curveballs that keep the interest level high.

My Favourite Tracks Analyzed

“Mewphoria” comes to life as a scintillating synth flies out with explosive bass and pounding drums. Now the electric guitar cuts in with fierce radiance as it drives powerfully. The synth continues to arc in electric brilliance as the low end seethes and tumbles. The bass is heavy as an intensely flashing synth calls out in a melody full of victorious liveliness.

The snare drum touches more lightly before the brilliant synth shimmers on. The guitar growls with ferocious dynamism. A worshipful choral sound moves before the guitar snarls and intertwines with the lucid synth. I am drawn to the freedom erupting from the track.

Slightly discordant, luminous synth slowly tumbles while blinding notes add accents. The guitar roars with dominating power now as the drums touch gently and the bass floats. Now the guitar charges with raw strength and a gruff edge as the drums pound again. The bass oscillates heavily and shadowy piano slams in as the bass continues to add a threatening feeling.

A slashing, glistening synth carries a worried melody to begin “Purromania.” As the melody moves on a tautly wound synth, a sense of growing power permeates the music. The guitar growls with intense vigour and the medium-high, glimmering synth carries a hauntingly powerful melody that moves above the pounding drums as they accelerate along with the raging guitar.

The snare drums and cymbals add even more dynamism as the elevated synth spins out in a melody with ominous import. Tension thrums through the music as the electrifying guitar charges and the pan pipes trickle with a melody that is both ghostly and fantastical. I am transported by the ancient-sounding melodic line while the ferocious low end cuts with unrelenting drama.

The pan pipes contribute gentle exhalations as a string-like synth descends to the depths. A twisting synth instrument bends through the music with a melody that whirls and cascades with wild abandon and something wistful within it. As the guitar snarls again, the luminous lead synth cries out and drifts with nervous and haunted sensations.

The guitar continues to rocket along with the leaping synth that swirls and dances with a baroque feeling above the maelstrom of guitar and drums. The leaping synth climbs for the stars before a piano-like synth trickles while strings strum. Now the beat subdivides and the piano sings out with a tender melody before the low end surges and the strings intermingle as the track ends.

“Another Hiss and Run” kicks off with a widely rambling synth that expands with echoing light. A flat-sounding drum beat moves with the slowly shifting, angular synth as it waves forward. The kick drum and bass lock into a steady heartbeat. The notes bounce with a twisting, nasal sound to carry a melody that is slightly aching but full of dynamic life.

Now the rebounding synth moves in undulating lines that suffuse the music with sunlight, while the drum beat continues to guide. The main melody sings on the diamond light of the synth, carrying me along on its dancing journey. The percussion drops away as the sparkling synth echoes into open space, while the bass continues to pulsate.

The drums return as the broadly moving synth shifts in incandescent waves. The bass descends and the synth bounces again, exuding gem-like illumination as the bright notes fly. Orchestra hits explode powerfully while a hollow-sounding synth flicks through the music with engaging liveliness. A medium-high, slightly distorted synth shimmers as the orchestra hits continue to erupt. Quickly tumbling notes fall through the music before the track falls silent.

“C’meow C’meow” begins with chimes that add with haunting light as the solid bass throbs heavily. A computerized-sounding synth moves in a melody that feels ghostly and dense, before the drums punch in. The melody wheels and spins with smooth life while the chiming notes flare with intense light.

The melody becomes easygoing and uplifting, filling me with a sense of relaxed happiness while the drums hit hard. The main melody is tinged with minor key tones, but remains full of progress and discovery. As the lead melody skips out, it fills the music with celebratory strength and a twirling note bends in the distance.

The piano flows through the music with levity and a feeling of pleasure, while the strings intertwine and sing with tenderness. The propulsive drums shift alongside a strangely wandering synth that wriggles as the snare drum pushes onward. Warm chords swell with summer light and the drums drive on. Now the track moves into a slow, wobbling pulse as the main melody continues on the computerized synth and the dark bass pulses smoothly. The melody cries out with frolicking joy as the track comes to an end.

A rushing drum beat and dense, active bass move together as “Demolition Kitten” opens. The open-voiced synth, with its digitized sound, dances in energizing motion as worshipful choir sounds flow in the distance. The low end is propulsive as the computerized synth flows past in uplifting motion. Rounded sounds float above the sweeping low end as it expands, while the drums and bass continue to punch hard.

The electric guitar lacerates with sharp edges as the smoother synth twirls along with it and the reverent, vocal-like synth calls in the distance. The different sonic layers intertwine lusciously as the main melody skips past with a devious feeling and the low end collides.

Now the wildly swirling guitar accelerates madly, filling me with a similar sensation of feral drama. The guitar roars and charges, deepening the sensation of a rushing forward attack. As the smoothly wandering synth flows past, the low end continues to pulse with weight and the background sounds shimmer. The main melody dances through again with playful sensations before the song comes to an end.

“Pour Some Catnip on Me” commences as n angular, oscillating beat forms a danceable pulse. As the beat undulates, the snare drum hits hard and a ringing, glistening synth leaps out with an exciting melody that carries me along with celebratory levity. The low end continues to drive as the gleaming synth cascades and jumps with positivity. The drums flourish and the medium-high, radiant synth bursts with energetic life as the low end continues to oscillate heavily and the drums snap.

Pizzicato notes flicker and the main melody soars again with uplifting happiness. When the melody shifts into a minor key, it adds a sense of suspense to the otherwise dynamic track while the snare drums clatter. A deep bass moves with a twisting synth that fills the music with a spectral moment. The melody drives forward with irrepressible strength as hollow notes in the distance intermingle.

Now the bass disappears, the clicking drums push forward and the tripping synth notes tumble over one another. Gigantic bass thunders as an elevated synth flashes and vanishes into silence. The drums launch once more as the melody wriggles and skips before the track ends.

A wandering, bouncing synth before a rapidly throbbing snare drum pulsation is joined by razor-edged synth sweeping in the distance as “Hair Raiser” starts. Nervous energy fizzles through the music as a minor key, slightly distorted synth undulates with an unmoored feeling while the drums continue to pulse smoothly. The minor key sounds are unsettled and joined by a twanging, metallic synth that bends through the music with a sense of tension before the main melody shifts with angular motion and a hard-to-resist vibe. The way in which the track twists and bends is intriguing to my ears.

A sense of shadow moves as metallic notes descend in broken lines, adding to the feeling of imbalance and uncertainty. The drums keep clashing as the melodic line jerks and trips while the drums flare. Now a gleaming synth pulse repeats hypnotically as the drums snap and heavy piano chords move. The bending, wriggling synth flexes past as the drums flourish and the main melody shimmies and shivers before the track ends.

“Dangerpuss” begins as a shadowed synth expands and contracts while the drums create a catchy beat . The dark sounds bend as a flickering synth spins out a melody full of tension and a strangely howling, twisting synth moves with fiercely bursting drums. The synth’s surging ferocity draws me in as the drums continue to explode with forceful speed.

A quickly dancing synth slices with dark edges as synth notes flash out in a melody with dramatic intent that erupts with blinding light. An intertwining, quickly swirling synth moves like shifting flames as trumpeting notes shine. The chunky guitar growls with battering force while the drums burst with raging force and the bass roars.

Once again, the drums become lighter, moving in a ticking pattern while the taut synth volleys through the music. Radiant notes cry out in an encouraging melody, while the guitar charges underneath with confidence and liveliness. The melody is charming and full of joy as it flies through the music above the explosive low end.

As the synth bounces again, a piano skims through the music while the expanding bass throbs, and the track slowly comes to an end.

Conclusion

Hissteria is another entry in a long list of superb releases from Cat Temper. Once again, it shows his knack for creating music that’s unique and full of life. This is the kind of album that draws me in with its sense of exploration and energy as it keeps calling me back for more.