mixtape suite by Tikhet

A good song is like a ticket through the universe. Destinations being actual real locations, some from of utopia, even imaginary planets or a dusty chamber of your brain, it can be a different era or anything in between. TIKHET, the duo consisting of producer Sepalot and singer/songwriter Angela Aux, have a whole album's worth of such travel tickets at the ready. Or, even better: TIKHET is music-turned-ticket to an imaginary dream world: near, far, with a surreal twist, colourful, vintage-esque and futuristic. The duo's debut album- "mixtape suite" - creates this utopia using an array of varying pieces from a wide range of musical eras. "mixtape suite" is the (symbiosis) musical child of two music obsessives and their artistic influences, weaving a tapestry of contrasts: drifting, floating, braking, crawling and fluttering. This album builds bridges while maintaining a sort of never losing its composure. It’s a charming ode to frankness/openness and music nerdism.

Each of the ten tracks on "mixtape suite" is likely to evoke such absurd associations in music lovers. The album authentically and unpredictably creates a feeling of total boundlessness with a global approach. Effortlessly uniting an entire record shop within itself. One time you think of Madlib or the Bee Gees, then of Joan Baez or Amon Düül, other times of Moby, Gorillaz or Beck. Between boom bap or funk passages, disco styles, big beat references and trip-hop elements, Krautrock, folk or Britpop vibes spread out organically. Analogue percussion blurs with 90s sampling sound aesthetics. "mixtape suite" combines eccentricity and pop appeal, interspersing anti-cyclical discrepancies with tame melodiousness.

TIKHET sounds unplanned and anarchic, with a raw core and some well rounded patina on the outside.