Niro – Tender As Asphalt

Niro – Tender As Asphalt // Sound Of Vast – SOV 002

After made great success of the first EP as an official imprint, the highly praised “The Shades” by Egal 3, For its second issue, VAST enrolls Italian revered producer Niro (unclear, DB Artists Musique and Memento) who, with these 3 tracks, comes up with one of his finest selection of works to date.

Taking inspiration from the analogue sounds that permeate his musical landscape – and his studio – Niro just went with the flow here and put no boundaries to what was coming out of the speakers, a journey between land – with the classic Roland synthesizers to set the tone – and space – experimenting on a tripper and more colourful vibe.

“La Cochonne Intergactique” is wobbling bass and flanger percussions introduce spacey pads and deep dreamy atmospheres, until a freaky melody breaks out and leads to a soft and slightly dark closing. Its remix brings the percussive elements and drums to the fore, giving a more muscular feeling and a bumpy groove, remix by one of the most respected Japanese producer Gonno (Beats In Space / International Feel).

“Krissy Moon” is robotic bleeps and stabs play along twisted beats and computerized rhythms, like the soundtrack to some crazy German late-70s alternative SCI-FI movie, while “Tender As Asphalt”’s sweeps and filters frenzy opens up to bouncy chords and acid ambiences.
Also to add more vast flavour into this release, Red Pig Flower’s remix had complicated drum tricks and more emotional vibe, as lunatic as “Krissy Moon” indeed.

This EP contain digital only and vinyl only tracks as usual, as we believe in “Krissy Moon” Niro’s original track you will just find on vinyl, and Red pig flower’s experimental groovy remix just will be on digital, both of them can not be missed.

Tracklist