Rhythm and Xen: An album of atmospheric drum & bass, breakbeat and electronic music.

Download Rhythm and Xen by Sevish

I won’t spoil all the surprises here, except to say that it’s the spiritual successor to my album Golden Hour, and has some influences from Sean but not Heard too. I hope you find it deep & wide; full of layers, details and surprises.

A full-length album like Rhythm and Xen is a huge undertaking. Almost 3 years is how long it took to complete the effort, all in my spare time, while trying to develop my career. For the first time, I’m selling an album of my solo work. Grab it for £4 – it’s more than worth it.

Facebook comments from people who listened on day 1:

“new electronic beat music that’s *actually new*”
“Better than coffee. Springer than spring. You best be listenin'”
“Wild, out of this world textures and sounds. Microtonal, hybrid, dreamy goodness. Kickass sound design.”

https://sevish.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-and-xen

– Sevish

Sometimes when I am working on a track and I get excited, I will put a demo version up online. Some of those demos were later finished and made it onto Rhythm and Xen, the album that I’ll be releasing on May 10th. Listen back to these lil things and get a glimpse of what’s coming:

5 days to go!

Update: Download Rhythm and Xen now! :)

Release date: 2015/May/10

The wait is almost over!

Announcing Rhythm and Xen, a new album of xenharmonic drum’n’bass and electronic music by Sevish. Rhythm and Xen is the spiritual successor to the album Golden Hour.

It’s called Rhythm and Xen because it’s got rhythm and it’s got xen. Xen means it uses unusual tuning systems (and I’m not talking about drop D here). Most of the melodies in this album can’t be played in standard Western tuning at all. My goal is to explore the vast possibilities of xenharmonic music while keeping the beats fat.

The album touches on drum & bass, breaks, UK bass, 8-bit and 12-bit so it’s quite a mix. It’s 2010s music with a big 1990s influence and a few dreamy throwbacks to the 1980s. I can’t wait to show you more.

7 days to go!

I’m busy working on my new album. I’ve still got a ways to go, but thought it would be nice to recap and post up these very colourful liner notes from 2012’s Sean but not Heard.

Sean but not Heard (Download at Bandcamp)

Microtunings used