With type and method, IMANU’s debut album, ‘Unfold,’ hits streaming platforms – Dancing Astronaut
by: Rachel Narozniak
Sep 19, 2022
For textured, creative soundscapes that defy the quotidian, dance/digital listeners can—and have—turned to IMANU. His debut album, Unfold, confirms that they’ve not solely been proper in doing so, however that they need to additionally proceed doing so.
Unfold has depth, breadth, and the sophistication that has turn out to be IMANU’s customized, although it’s value noting that the LP finds the producer toeing melodic territory to an unprecedented diploma. “Unfold is an exploration of my extra melodic facet,” he famous on Twitter, explaining that the stasis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic wiped his artistic slate clear. “This contemporary begin introduced me a creativity which enabled me to jot down music like I had by no means completed earlier than.”
With melody as a throughline and an assortment of featured acts, together with KUČKA, Louis Futon, and Zonderling, amongst others, as its firm, Unfold is a novel first providing from an ear that’s not precisely new to the sport. IMANU, born Jonathan Immanuel Kievit, is noteworthy for reducing his tooth within the dance/digital business underneath his former drum ‘n’ bass alias, Sign. By means of Sign, Kievit positioned releases on labels like RAM and Renegade {Hardware} and crafted official remixes for What So Not and Skrillex, to call only a few. Within the time since Kievit pivoted, retiring Sign and activating IMANU in flip, he’s graced powerhouses like By no means Say Die, UKF, mau5trap, and Deadbeats (the place Unfold finally lands). If the debut album was a take a look at of IMANU’s dexterity and malleability, then Unfold is the palette of flying colours with which he passes.
Featured picture: IMANU/Instagram
Classes: Music