hollAnd - Drums EP
(Pulcec)
Trevor Kampmann (a.k.a. Trevor Holland) is an incredibly talented
musician. Not only does he record wonderfully upbeat and catchy
synthesizer-pop solo records under the moniker hollAnd (previous solo
project names include See Saw and Sea Saw), but he is also a small label
owner (Pulcec, the label this EP is released on) and a much sought after
recording engineer/producer.
I have been captivated by Trevor ever since hearing his first Sea Saw
album, and I have yet to be disappointed in one of his solo releases.
His new release, Drums, is no exception. Drums is a 7 song, 12 minute
and 17 second electro-pop masterpiece, full of pulsating rhythms, layers
of melodies, candy-coated hooks, bouncy and overdriven keyboard bass
lines, fuzzy electronic noise, and sensual vocals.
Though all of Trevor's releases are wonderful, with Drums, Trevor has
reached a new level of song writing. The songs are more succinct,
leaving out any filler, the hooks are tighter and more focused, and
where some of his earlier recordings could be more easily compared to
Mark Robinson's Air Miami or a more upbeat Magnetic Fields, Drum comes
across as uniquely and 100% his own.
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