• Spooky vibes, as the title suggests
• Interesting concept in the complex drop schema
• Dark, eerie vocal
Today is not the 31st of October, but, unfortunately, the situation we are living now is considerably scarier than a typical Halloween night, so maybe it’s not an inappropriate time to release a good scary tune. Spanish rising talent Danny Leax teamed up with Stin Corner to create “Poltergeist“, an amalgam of dismal sounds that will keep you up until the last bar. I’m going to start the review now, but first, be sure to be alone and turn the lights out if you want to enjoy the full experience.
Needless to add that there have been rumors about Kiyox being in the production: yes, originally this was a collab between Danny Leax and the Japanese producer. Reading the producers’ statements, it seems that there has been a sort of disagreement, Kiyox was not involved anymore, and Danny Leax, with the help of Stin Corner, undid the joined work and reworked “Poltergeist”. Lacking further information, we prefer staying neutral about this shady situation. All the chickens come home to the roost.
When you think about “music” and “terror”, there’s always an instrument that comes to mind: the baleful music box. As a call to the unknown, this typical but effective resource introduces you to “Poltergeist” in a great way, being followed by some atmospheric elements and a strong diabolic vocal. There isn’t much more to say about this part, it’s simple but effective and well produced. If you were expecting complex melodies, harmonies and stuff like that, I’m sorry, this is not your tune.
We finally get into the drop, the most exciting segment of this song. It’s really trendy now to use heavily distorted vocal chops on future house drops, and that’s exactly what the artists did here. A good processed vocal and some well crafted groovy bassline were enough to add the necessary power here, making everything clean, punchy and entertaining at the same time.
“Poltergeist” is a clear example of how far can go a simple but well-constructed idea. There’s nothing too special or too original, but it maintains a certain coherence and it’s faithful to its original concept, and that’s exactly what I expected from it. Don’t forget to watch your back, they follow you!
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