Colombian producer Faunes Efe stands behind a slew of prolific albums and EPs released under the Filmmaker project, quickly building a cult following amongst those with an affinity for dystopian electronics steeped in an alluring, seductive darkness. From earlier self-released works such as ‘Visceral’, a 10-track full length work modestly described in Efe’s own words as the “First occult-orientated soundtrack from an experimental lost film”, to the 808-shots of ‘Nocturnal’ and later with the grainy, low-fi electro of ‘Wetwork’. Each successive release proves Efe’s capacity to execute productions of magnitude across the electronic spectrum, yielding body moving music from a small arsenal of honed hardware.
Submerge into the raw post-punk EBM dystopia that is Filmmaker.Diamond cut right-angled electronics (Algoriddims, Into Multiverse) are magnetised together with lower BPM electro cuts (Logic Bomb, Years Weight) with the album collectively recalling the previous two years of mind erasure and hopelessness we have all experienced. Never trite or pandering, Filmmaker retains his distance from the obvious with cuts pulled from a seemingly bottomless folder of amazing music, buried deep in Medellin, Columbia.
In Faunes' words, "Made almost entirely with FM synthesis only, this album narrates a spacetime travelling through some of my most uptempo tracks, sharped timbres and futuristic atmospheres."Peer into the pit again.
Blue Vinyl from Tartarus Records.