BINARY DIGIT TEMPLE

Elusive, vague, difficult to classify, but diverse, impressive creation really. "Binary Digit Temple" was released in July 2020 by an Athens-based combo MISSIGNO were founded as a Nu Jazz / Electronic / Post Rock trio. Mysteriously colourful sound collective, featuring complicated electronic candies, sincere and serious jazz essence, and fuzzy dizzy post-ish background, will catch our heart directly and will absorb our soul into their inner space strictly. Let me say this album sounds like a huge amusement park consisting of a great number of attractions and theme facilities ... Every single song involves such a flood of energy and a fascination overall. Quite suitable and encouraging for the audience who are alone at home and cannot attend any gig under the pandemic situation.

Their sound formation and construction should be quite complex and dissonant, but the atmosphere itself should be pretty brilliant, delightful, and charming. We can simply enjoy this entire creation by the three geniuses full of creativity, without any consideration nor analysis. However I'm kinda humble reviewer so let me say as follows: Always wondering how and why the trio have got into such a kaleidoscopic musical combination, and what pioneers they have got inspired by. For me, it sounds like their electronic sound structure and phenotypic plasticity might be influenced by a Japanese Electronic Giant YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA at least, but maybe their crazy eclectic melodic / rhythmic components remind me of some more influencers not only like 70s authentic progressive rock scene but also various musical elements around them.

The extra-fantastic soundscape appears immediately via the first titled track possessing bright electronic departures on the basis of post-rock-designated distorted dissected background. Mystically delightful but somewhat depressing and tragic. This stuff has ultimate charms. "Merfolk Sensei" a short but matured, condensed track gives us sorta comfortable vertigo along magical energetic melodic loops and rhythmic spices. Leonidas' natural but strong sound flute plays are also attractive and heartwarming. "Decode Session" is another superb jazzy electronika mixed with complicated melodic maneuvers and smooth slender percussive baselines. It's surprising and amazing we can be immersed in this discordant song as an ultimate comfort. In "Finos Film Under Attack" we would be touched with confusing composition and swift flows of melodic developments. Inorganic electronic sound structure is going to shift another safe and sound. Their enthusiastic technique is beyond expression indeed. On the contrary, cool clear rigid rhythmic organization seasoned with powerful and bewitching melody lines can veil us deeply in the following "Automation Dream Sequence". Very splendid they can launch not only so-called progressive strategies but pleasant acoustic impressions. Therefore a kind of folksy poppy catchy management can be held in "Boba Fett" , another delight. It's also surprising that the epilogue "Exit, Crash" is one of the simplest, calmest creations (and the longest one all over the album) but their jazz spirits and electronic enthusiasms can be vivacious so greatly. We should be caught into their atmospheric percussive advancement in this track.

This creation notifies us of their massive positivity and incredible creativity. Why don't we call their debut album awesome?