Intoxicating with an atmospheric electronic sound fit for futuristic escapism, Pigmented Reality is the new album from Berlin-based artist Kate Pending. Deep house, electro-pop, techno, and beyond are integrated with stylish cohesion, maintaining a consistent precision in its soundscapes and structural momentum. The scene-setting “Lost Ways” builds serenely into “Soma Sequence,” a gorgeous synth-pop dazzler with spoken-word vocal haunts and glistening leads; Pigmented Reality kicks off in quality form, and doesn’t let up from there.
The album’s title track is especially inviting, soothing with a swell of thumping percussion and hazy synths fit for meditative introspection. Following, the late-night intrigue of “Retro Island” embraces a drum-and-bass appeal in its thumping rhythms and beckoning vocal refrain, melding beautifully with lushly immersive keys. More bustling rhythmic additions make for a danceable entrancement in the track’s second half; it stands as one of many highlights on Pigmented Reality, another thorough success from Kate Pending, who first caught our ears earlier this year with album cut “Onyx Skies.”
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“Soma Sequence” can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Electronic’ Spotify playlist.
We discovered this release via MusoSoup, as part of the artist’s promotional campaign.
