Feeler - New World
Time and time again, electronic music gets people dancing, starts a party, or gets us into the groove. Still, increasingly, artists are looking to electronics to interpret emotion. More frequently, artists depict loneliness, love, loss, and longing. Artists often use vocals or arpeggiators through insane networks of effects to create lush and emotive soundscapes as they drift between melody and ambience. One such gem is Lissa Benno, who releases music under the pseudonym Age Eternal. Now embarking on a new Sonic project named Feeler, Benno's latest release, New World (2024), is a mix of experimental and ambient pop caked in emotion and vulnerability.
Feeler's New World is stunning, drop-dead gorgeous. It is a floaty ballad that contextualises pain and loss by modulating sounds showing change. The arpeggios begin quite rubbery and malleable, but he becomes harsher and noisier as the song continues. Delicious pads glide over the entirety with a bit of melancholic bittersweetness. Feeler rains down thunderous drums that send shivers down the spine as the vocals get thicker and more powerful.
The release includes two remixes, first by His Masters Voice and second by DUSA, which take the raw material in wildly different directions. His Master's Voice flips the track into an indie electro foot tapper, keeping the floaty vocals and transforming them into more of a muted single-a-long. The energy skyrockets as DUSA's ATS Remix strips away most of the melancholy, replacing it with more upbeat, house vibes perfect for summer clubbing.
Tracklist:
New World
New World (His Masters Voice Remix)
New World (DUSA’s ATS Remix)
Label: Turnland (2024)
Feeler - New World