- Cassegrain make functional techno with an experimental twist. But when the duo are left to their own devices—Alex Tsiridis as Rhyw and Hüseyin Evirgen as Magna Pia—their music gets even weirder. Evirgen debuted his solo project last year on Ed Davenport's label with Incantations, which boasted three spangled peak-time tracks and a dubbier warm-up (or down) track. ARCS-05, Evirgen's follow-up and his first solo outing on Arcing Seas, is subtler and better.
This EP is all about the details. The title track is rubbery and ravey. There's not much to it, but tracing the morphing blips and buoyant beat is fun. "Semiramis" is a tease, and sounds pretty normal until those odd bass hits get tossed into the mix. There's also that soaring sensation that keeps on going after the drop. "Akasha," an introverted trip, applies pressure from the low-end. Like the rest of ARCS-05, it's for sound nerds who like to get down.
Tracklist01. Artemisia
02. Semiramis
03. Akasha