Chaotic Hypnotic By Hanslik & Moniz Experiment

 

Chaotic Hypnotic

By

Hanslik & Moniz Experiment

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

The project known as the Hanslik & Moniz Experiment are back with a brand new, and sparkling release called Chaotic Hypnotic, it seems remarkable that since 2019 our lives have been electronically blessed with their music, my first album being Friendly Planet back in that year, but here we are exploring another avenue of sight and sound with the pairing, and what an artistic ride it is guaranteed to be.

We start with the title header Chaotic Hypnotic the keyboards manifest a mysterious scene that seems to hover in the void of time and space, then the mixtures of the guitar and synths weaves a pattern so tempting that it is hard not to allow ones senses to go anywhere else, on this most intricate of opening forays.

Axon Waltz however weaves a totally different tapestry of tone and timbre, the energies of chaos are indeed here, but built into a pattern that drifts from an obvious cohesion into a series of random guitar elements, that half way into the structure seem to meld with the keyboards in an symbiotic dance of an arbitrary nature, in my view this is one of the most crafted pieces from the release.

On Mind Wave a darker theme is explored, a narrative so seemingly cautious it can be quite a musical deception to behold, however one must applaud the keyboards and synths of Hanslik here, this is one of the best multi layered approaches utilising variants of tones vibrations and sounds I have heard for quite a while, to draw the very best arrangement possible; this track could have been 10 minutes long and I would not have minded, with elements of both Floyd and traditional EM contained within, this was utter magic.

However another favourite would soon come my way and this little gem would be entitled Synapses, I adore the usage of electric piano, strumming strings and a soft but poignant build and progression electronically, all of which can be found here. This specific offering had a mesmeric quality to its arrangement, where the listener could easily get lost within this modern art equivalent of a composition.

The longest piece from the release is this one right now, a track that would be very easy to leave on repeat for hours and not notice, and called Rumination. There was something about this track that I loved, It wasn’t until my second spin that I noticed a sense of rhythm that was hidden deep within the weave of the arrangement too, also the slow build here was juxtaposed brilliantly with the inventive work of both artists, one was never quite sure where this creation was going, but for some reason the ambience it created made that question almost irrelevant.

The short form narrative of Interconnectedness was now before us, a true exploration of a manifestation, one that seemed to float to its very own time signature, whilst the penultimate track from the album in OBE gave us an almost haunting reverie to experience, one that through the medium of a backdrop of synths and illustrious and artistic guitar work from Moniz, offered us up a masterpiece of experimental electronic music to bathe in.

The concluding tale is called My Happy Place, most of us have one of these, it gets us through days ahead, here the duo manifest something so soothing and tranquil, it’s like an overtone of musical calm for our own personal sanctuaries of escape, and simply the best way with which to conclude the album.

Hanslik & Moniz Experiment is a project that over the years has produced some of the most proficient and fascinating musical artistry, a crossover of minimalism, ambient and electronic genius, and with this brand new album entitled Chaotic Hypnotic they may just have produced their best work thus far, an enticing album filled full of mesmeric manifestations, and an album that is a must for fans of truly artistic instrumental music the world over.