Headed by regionally recognized artist and DJ, Mangan,
AMK's musical idiom is a fusion of tribal, progressive and psychedelic
sounds into a spiritual medium called music, and creating cutting-edge,
futuristic tunes using ancient methods and influences is their specialty.
Daam Records is thrilled to offer the world AMK's debut, "On
The Way", a collection of eight tunes sure to bring about lucid
dreams, communal transcendental experiences, and hours of enjoyment
and good times inspired by wonderful music.
Track By Track:
Magic Bus
AMK's opening track begins with a jaunty bassbeat, luring you
in subtly with gradually introduced layers and percussion. Before
long, foggy synth pads and elevated acid rhythms fill the rest
of the audiospace while the percussive layers begin their metamophosis.
By the second half of the piece, the mood and flavor have suspended
your senses far from the ground.
Neuro
This piece adds a hearty chink of tribalesque sounds into its
mix. Deep bass and kicks accompany aboriginal shaker, bongo and
didjeridoo sections. The atonality spaces your brain out enough
to appreciate the gated trance rhythms and electric piano bits
that follow, masterfully filtered and arranged. This piece shepherds
you from the light to dark like a witnessed sunset.
Rubino
This is at once a great nighttime track for mixing into peak-hour
approaching dancefloor playlists. Uptempo, beginning on lilting,
minimalistic atmospheres, the percussion leads you further into
the music. Like a flower, the disconnected, dissonant sounds open
up into a subdued yet sublimely gossamer melody making "Rubino"
a solid trance uplifter.
Future Groove
AMK ladles out some highly superior sounds in this track. A bass
rhythm more felt than heard lay the foundations for spaced-out,
nomadic effects which pave the way for some meaty, intricate percussion.
The drums take the helm here while squishy, colloidal synth waves
act as the binding agent for a groovetastic footmover made to
please your ears.
Narayana
"Naranya" is a candy bowl of a track which contain all
the good parts of tribal acid trance. These beats are dark and
deep and each drum layer adds dimension and space in all seeming
directions. Squishy, resonant acid leads jump back and forth like
sparks on a conductor, fueling a bassline with more chugs in it
than a choo-choo train.
On The Way
An intro riding the border between the astral and the alien grabs
your brain by the seat of its pants. Elements of old-school Goa
beach trance make their presence heard; Eastern melodies and vocals
make this track into tribal trance with a spicy, psychedelic twist...
and twisting is just what your body will do when it hears this
music at elevated amplitudes.
Free Your Soul
AMK really explore the depths of their creative talent with this
piece... coming at you low, slow and sinister, a steady rhythmic
beat with droning pads and light touches of ghostly melody. Steel
yourself and get in the groove in this tension-building track
that lets you forget your surroundings and awakens dancefloor
fantasies.
Endless Night
Aptly named, this one is a sort of odyssey of musical moods. Carrying
along with the themes set by its predecessor, AMK combines organic
junglish noises with pleasureable electronic melodies and catchy
percussive beats. Prepare for a non-linear vibe-changing soundtrack
and talisman to inner journeys and connections with your living
musical environment.
