Brachialis’ debut alt-electronica score, Wavetable, is a cascade of cerebrally visceral reverberation –

Brachialis pulled the curtains back for a screening of IDM cinema with his debut release, Wavetable. Right from the intro, the pulsating reverberations in the kinetically hypnotic production take their hold with the poise and conviction of a viper strike, subduing you to the transcendence that oscillates around the resonance-rich release, which compels you to inch up the volume so you become totally immersed in the waves of vibration that take you to the ebb and flow of a higher plateau.

In the vein of his influences, Brachialis makes every motif in his experimental synthesis of sound a masterstroke, so that by the time you’ve reached the final crescendo, more of a breakbeat barricade than a wall of sound, you’ll be as aware of your physical reaction to Wavetable as much as your emotional reaction.

It’s the kind of release that anatomises under your skin; its cerebral intensity ensuring there’s little that remains dormant within you. With shades of Max Cooper, Rival Consoles, Thom Yorke, Nils Frahm and James Holden in the tension, detail and atmosphere, Wavetable is defined more by prestige than genre; it speaks in a frequency entirely of its own creation.

Drawing from an early foundation in orchestral film music, Brachialis approaches sound as something to shape and sculpt, refining broad sonic palettes into tense, deliberate movements through analogue and digital production.

Whether Brachialis veers further down the path of a soundtrack composer or an alt-electronica powerhouse in the vein of Spencer Brown, he’s got an illustrious career ahead of him and his viscerally lush sound.

Wavetable is now available to stream on all major platforms, including Spotify.

Review by Amelia Vandergast