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AVNU (UK) follows up his fantastic recent single on Ellum Audio with a long-awaited and hugely adventurous new album, ‘Tough To Love But Worth The Effort’.
AVNU (UK) is based on the East Coast of Scotland and has been deeply immersed in music for twenty-plus years. He has a love of everything from rock, soul, and blues to disco, electro, techno, trance, and rave. All of that comes out in his innovative sounds, ranging from sweat-inducing club tracks to hooky and feel-good grooves. This album finds him working his magic across 15 tracks that bring plenty of fresh perspective to house, electro, synth, techno, and pop. They add up to a storytelling record filled with left turns and tracks that work in different contexts.
‘Surprise!’ opens with a glossy electro beat and shimmering 80s synths that set the tone for the whole record. ‘I Love You’ brings a French touch influence with plenty of filtered synth loops and crisp drums under a soulful vocal, then ‘Supaflake’ cuts lose on an old-school funk vibe with nods to early Daft Punk. This most colorful of records play out through the likes of somber cosmic techno offering ‘Bad Karma,’ the longing chords and heavy-hearted electronica of ‘Odyssey Jam’ feat Mariel Ito and distorted bass of ‘Phlegm In The Street’ which comes with laser-like synths and menacing vocals.
The future styles continue on ‘Yo E, Check This Out’ which collides jungle breakbeats with brain-melting sine waves, while ‘Wilkie’ is a moment to catch your breath amongst bright and shiny synths and deeper drums that suspend you in a celestial sky. ‘Proud You’re Mine’ is a perfect electro-dance-pop gem that has potential to be a summer festival anthem and the title track closes down with six minutes of enchanting and mystical synth lines and hypnotic drums.
‘Tough To Love But Worth The Effort’ is a spectacularly broad and accomplished album that lives in a world of its own.
Tracklist
01. Surprise !
02. I Lov U
03. Supaflake
04. Still Slinging Jams
05. Bad Karma
06. Systematic
07. Odyssey Jam (Feat Mariel Ito)
08. Phlegm In The Street
09. Yo E, Check This Out!
10. Sweat Off My Dome
11. Wilkie
12. I Hope You’re Well
13. Proud You’re Mine
14. Tough To Love But Worth The Effort
Release date: May 27th, 2022.