***"I’ve never heard anything quite like Anomalie. It may exist, but I’m certainly not aware of it. He’s an immensely talented keyboardist and composer, and to that end, sure- you can point to a handful of other keyboardists and composers that we all know and love that are incredible soloists and amazing at production and and composition and also work from home and whose reels and videos we have saved innumerable times across all platforms...'Velours' blew my mind the first time I heard it. It starts off with an ambience almost reminiscent of something downtempo I’d hear in the chill room at a rave in the early 90s here in the SF Bay Area, giving way to piano so smooth it’s almost easy listening. Normally used in the perjorative, I don’t mean it like that here. It’s just got a level of maturity and is so mellow that it almost feels like something I’d have made fun of when I was younger, although something else- something intriguing—is happening in the synth backing and then noodling over the smooth piano, and the beat is a bit too hard to make that snap judgement, and besides, it’s HELLA groovy."
7" $17.25
03/28/2025