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Vakula
Times
Oath - Cat No: OATH029
- updated:2026-07-19
ウクライナ出身の問題児Vakulaのニューリリースがイスタンブールの〈Oath〉から届いています。ディープハウス、ブレイクビートからアートコア/DRUN'N'BASS的な展開まで「卓越した」という表現には異論なし、独特の世界観が描かれています。(サイトウ)
Track List
On the label's latest, Oath are proud to present 'Times', the latest morphological masterclass from Ukrainian producer extrodinaire Vakula, on which his boundless and intuitively captivating sound remains as absorbing as ever.
Drawing deeply from a rich palette of genres such as deep house, ambient, dub techno, and jazz, and feeding in inspirations from natural and philosophical spheres, Vakula's musical ethos has allowed him to continuously explore the inner and outer reaches of his universal soundscape. By feeling things out through hardware, he allows his music to grow organically, blending humanistic tendencies with technological outputs that always bring harmonious musical riches to the surface.
'Times' represents another seismic chapter in his story, one which contains a series of genre-defying blends that twist, turn, and enthrall with their ever-evolving beauty. 'Atmos Time' plays out as the EP opens up, and draws the listener close with a textured melodic chime and spaced out groove.
Floating along on a bed of cosmic ambience, the groove and melodic features cascade as one, drifting further through the layers of time and thought. 'Break Time' ups the urgency ever so slightly, with a similar atmosphere unraveling above an energised broken beat.
'Drum Time' brings in side B, and this one shifts perspective once more. The melodic sways up above merge and blend with the poly-rhythmic undertones, with the jungle-lite broken beat creating an enchanting energy. 'Soul Time' wraps things up, which moves into a distinctly ambient techno sort of realm. Dreamy pads and looping key lines intertwine amongst a captivating sea of mood and tone, as a laid-back beat shimmers underneath with poise and elegance. . A fitting end to a record filled with moments of tonal excellence, ever-shifting melodic feeling and rhythmic sequencing - an experience that forever drifts through the memory, always capturing the imagination….
Drawing deeply from a rich palette of genres such as deep house, ambient, dub techno, and jazz, and feeding in inspirations from natural and philosophical spheres, Vakula's musical ethos has allowed him to continuously explore the inner and outer reaches of his universal soundscape. By feeling things out through hardware, he allows his music to grow organically, blending humanistic tendencies with technological outputs that always bring harmonious musical riches to the surface.
'Times' represents another seismic chapter in his story, one which contains a series of genre-defying blends that twist, turn, and enthrall with their ever-evolving beauty. 'Atmos Time' plays out as the EP opens up, and draws the listener close with a textured melodic chime and spaced out groove.
Floating along on a bed of cosmic ambience, the groove and melodic features cascade as one, drifting further through the layers of time and thought. 'Break Time' ups the urgency ever so slightly, with a similar atmosphere unraveling above an energised broken beat.
'Drum Time' brings in side B, and this one shifts perspective once more. The melodic sways up above merge and blend with the poly-rhythmic undertones, with the jungle-lite broken beat creating an enchanting energy. 'Soul Time' wraps things up, which moves into a distinctly ambient techno sort of realm. Dreamy pads and looping key lines intertwine amongst a captivating sea of mood and tone, as a laid-back beat shimmers underneath with poise and elegance. . A fitting end to a record filled with moments of tonal excellence, ever-shifting melodic feeling and rhythmic sequencing - an experience that forever drifts through the memory, always capturing the imagination….
『レーベルの最新作として、Oathはウクライナ出身の卓越したプロデューサー、ヴァクーラによる最新の形態学的傑作『Times』を誇りを持って発表します。本作でも、彼の限りなく広がりを見せ、直感的に聴き手を魅了するサウンドは、相変わらず聴く者を惹きつけてやみません。 ディープ・ハウス、アンビエント、ダブ・テクノ、ジャズといった多彩なジャンルから深くインスピレーションを引き出し、自然や哲学の領域からも着想を得て、ヴァクーラの音楽的信条は、彼が普遍的なサウンドスケープの内側と外側の両極を絶えず探求することを可能にしてきました。 ハードウェアを通じて感覚を研ぎ澄ますことで、彼は音楽を有機的に成長させ、人間的な感性と技術的なアウトプットを融合させ、常に調和のとれた音楽的な豊かさを表面に引き出しています。 『Times』は、彼の物語における新たな画期的な一章であり、ジャンルを超越した一連の融合が、絶えず進化する美しさでひねりを加え、変化し、聴く者を魅了する作品となっている。EPの冒頭を飾る「Atmos Time」は、質感豊かなメロディックなチャイムと、空間的なグルーヴで聴き手を引き込む。 宇宙的なアンビエンスの床の上を漂うように、グルーヴとメロディックな要素が一体となって流れ落ち、時間と思考の層をさらに深く漂っていく。『Break Time』では、エネルギーに満ちたブロークン・ビートの上に同様の雰囲気が展開され、緊迫感がほんのわずかに高まる。 B面を飾る『Drum Time』では、再び視点が切り替わる。上空で揺らめくメロディがポリリズムの低音と融合し、ジャングル調の軽やかなブロークン・ビートが魅惑的なエネルギーを生み出す。『Soul Time』が締めくくりとなり、明らかにアンビエント・テクノの領域へと移行していく。 夢のようなパッドとループするキーラインが、魅惑的なムードと音色の海の中で絡み合い、その下ではゆったりとしたビートが落ち着きと優雅さを持ってきらめいている。 卓越した音色、絶えず変化するメロディの趣、そしてリズミカルなシーケンスに満ちたこの作品にふさわしい締めくくりだ。記憶の中にいつまでも漂い続け、常に想像力を掻き立て続ける体験となるだろう……。 (インフォメーションより)』