WELCOME TO THE AGE OF FLAWS

6LA8 a.k.a. Taimur Mazhar Sheikh and Omer Asim´s Welcome To The Age Of Flaws (2019) is the kind of fresh air Progressive Electronic music needs to continue its journey through change and evolution.

A 16 track release spanning 1 hour 55 minutes is, well at least, ambitious but maintaining diverse quality music composition the same as the listeners attention with trance-inducing surprises all throughout is masterful (its minor flaws are overshadowed by its constant merits).

Describing what to expect from 6LA8 music wise is quiet a challenge. I will take the easy way out first by describing what it doesn´t sound ike .

No real close connection to neither the 70´s or 80´s nor 90´s Progressive Electronic´s famous icons. If needed I could trace some footprints to Syrinx- Long Lost Relatives (1971), White Noise- An Electric Storm (1969) (without the Juan GarcIa Esquivel blatant rip-offs) or the more contemporary and untaggable Sparkle in Grey.

Ok now the hard task. Welcome To The Age Of Flaws diverse music directions may well include Krautrock, RiO, Post Rock/Math Rock, electro/acoustic world/urban sounds & Avant Garde aesthetics (this last without its usual cerebral pretentions). The acoustic guitar plays a major role , there are vocals even lyrics, its dreamy nature has nothing to to do with its usual association with soporific music composition opposite to that this characteristic is really an attribute being attained with extraordinary rich and enticing melodic lines and creative but kept in size arrangements. It also displays some Jazz/Blues subtle & heavy brushstrokes here and mostly not there and of course lots of electronic music inventiveness. A real thrill to close it up!

And to top it all off this 4.5 stars release is available through Bandcamp in the FREE DOWNLOAD mode, really, what more can one ask for?

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