The Kirbi - two albums
The Kirbi is Russian electronic artist Denis A. Fomenko. His music, best defined as IDM but overlapping into ambient and downtempo, encompasses some of the most melodic and diverse music to escape from a laptop. It travels just below new age and is far away from the Techno redundancy of beat and breaks that tends to inundate the net label electronic scene. While it can be body moving, as on the lively “Armada” from the album Island of The Unrealized Soulsfrom the Vorbic net label, there tends to be more Vangelis in these tracks than Fat Boy Slim. The title tune and “Ocean Heart” are shining examples of the cinematic paces The Kirbi can put his laptops through. The tracks are all live performances but sound quite studio friendly.
Another good effort by this artist is the 2008 online release Mannequins which can be found on his web site discography along with a few other free and legal offerings. The Kirbi appears to be exploring a bit more on this effort. With the exception of the six minute “Om”, all tracks are about two minutes or less. This is more a sense of a depiction of moments than a musical composition. Yet these 31 tracks can get under your skin in the hour duration of this album. Both of these albums can be interesting journeys for the listener.
Both albums are available in 128kbps MP3.
