The Ways
Self-Released, 2021
8/10
A Lithuanian artist with a penchant for electronic exploration, Gintas K is well versed in experimental and electroacoustic ideas, and that’s quite evident across the 10 very creative tracks of The Ways.
“one way#1” starts the listen with no shortage of glitchy, abstract manipulation as the highly technical approach instantly draws the listener in, and “one way #2” follows with 8+ minutes of precise and unpredictable sounds that buzz, bleep and boop in frisky ways.
Elsewhere, “another way#1” embraces an unconventional form of rhythm in its unusual delivery, while “both way Longer” spends 20 minutes amazing us with its sci-fi and certainly otherworldly approach to electronica. The aptly titled “almost the end”, the record’s best, then takes on an almost meditative quality that bursts into an artistic display of fascinating, unclassifiable territory.
The final pair of tracks, “yet again” and “infinity way”, are, thankfully, more of the same, as the former flows with a futuristic videogame-esque demeanor, and the latter takes on a sonically charming execution that’s capable of swift, hypnotic moments as well as bare bouts of minimalism.
Active since 1994, and also working in the area of film and sound installations, amazingly, Gintas played and recorded this live, without any overdubs, where his computer, midi keyboard and controller make for a captivating and aesthetically distinct experience you’re not going to hear anywhere else.
Travels well with: Body/Negative- Fragments; Peter Gilbert- Burned Into The Orange