Geek Soul. If that was a legitimate category it is where I would place Meme. This is music to which I might unwind after a particularly harrowing Rails installation or when I am sorting polyhedral dice. The soothing blend of jittery IDM rhythms, ethereal vocals, and long bell like synth pads are similar to the more peaceful work of Aphex Twin and Mu-Ziq with textural elements that impart a Boards of Canada like feeling. It is music for overly active minds seeking to be at rest.
Meme is a beautiful album with quiet vocals colored by traces sorrow and regret. The opening track “It’s Over” slides the listener into this frame of mind as he sings about the difficulty of watching everything slip away. In opposition to the lyrics the songs maintains a good pace with the crackle of drums in the distance and clear firm bell tones hammering out the melody. the song is very much New Wave for the sophisticate that has grown up in the Internet era. This gives way to later tracks which are more firmly rooted in IDM and ambient, such as “Instrumental” which sees Milosh heavily manipulating tones to create increasingly complex rhythmic passages all while anchoring it with more traditional means.
Milosh’s work is highly layered and textured with song structures and tonalities being worked over enough times that the sound becomes smooth, blended, and faded at times. This is by no means a drawback as the nuances of the album can be enjoyed when the listener disengages from actively listening and instead rides each piece from start to finish. However, the drawback to this is the tendency for songs to blur into one another and one can lose track of where they are on the album.
I certainly enjoyed this album and will definitely recommend it to people looking for something of a more relaxed approach or anyone who tags themselves as a geek like myself. You can sample some of the songs on his page at Download.com or you can just grab the album from eMusic or Amazon.