HERCEGOVINA – ESPIRIT DE CORPS (JANUSHOVED) – ANALYSIS OF MIXING PROCESS

JANUSHOVED IS A COPENHAGEN BASED AMBIENT MUSIC RECORD LABEL RAN BY THE PROLIFIC SOUNDN ARTIST INTERNAZIONALE. BOASTING A LARGE DISCOGRAPHY OF OVER A DECADES WORTH OF BOUNDARY PUSHING ELECTRONIC MUSIC INFLUENCED BY LOVE, HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY AND NATURALISTIC ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE OCEANS AND EARTHS LANDSCAPES. ILLUSIVE ARTIST HERCEGOVINA RELEASED THEIR SEMINAL ALBUM ESPIRIT DE CORPS (GROUP SPIRIT) IN MARCH 2018. WITH ITS USE OF FIELD SAMPLES OF PROTESTS AND HEAVY FOCUS ON AMBIENT PADS, UNDULATING BASS MOVEMENTS AND WATER LIKE FLUIDITY IN ITS SOUND, ESPIRIT DE CORPS STANDS AS A VERY UNIQUE AND PROGRESSIVE PIECE OF AMBIENT MUSIC. ITS MIXING PROCESS SEEMS TO CREATE A FULLY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE AS IF THE LISTENER IS BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE SOUND, WHILE CREATING AN SPHERE OF SPATIAL AUDIO. THE UNDULATING BASS IS SPORADIC YET DOSENT BECOME INVASIVE IN THE MIX, IT SERVES TO KEEP THE TRACK DYNAMIC YET UNPREDICTABLE. THIS CONTEMPORARY STYLE OF MIXING SEEMS TO WORK VERY WELL FOR MUSIC RELEASED ON ANALOGUE FORMAT (TAPE CASSETTE). THERE’S A OLD YET MODERN FEEL TO THE SOUND, SOMETHING REDISCOVERED YET FUTURISTIC IN ITS PRODUCTION AND MIXING PROCESS.