#arfus

Arfus - The Velvet Cloak of Darkness

SAF Writer Foreign Forest

   In the end humanity won’t brag about it’s social wars or touch too much on the terrorist activity and worry of the modern world, but instead it will exemplify our success in touching new frontiers. From touching space to inventing the vast field which is the Internet, breaking into new frontiers is truly what drives us as beings. That being said, I believe Arfus created a new frontier of sound not yet discovered by most in this 14-track, independently released album that he describes as “experimental electronic space travel soundscapes or something,” in humor that he really can’t put a definite label on his sound, but I think most musicians creating different sounds than most would agree it’s hard to just give what you make a name when every effort you make changes your sound and who you are as an artist.

   The sound scene drops into a field of jumping synths only to be darkened by bass and an eerie sense of greatness in the project’s first track “Barnacles of Time” featuring another game changing producer TRASH LORD. Transitioning into the next track, “Dagger,” we experience traveling through time and space at light speed with this engaging piece, which notably has one of my favorite climaxes on the project. In track 3 titled “Blood Dust,” I really felt like I was running on a planet of solely metal, cut up but pushing forward as my fate destines, and I really hear a story going on the whole time during this track, no this whole album really. It feels like windows into the life of a space-traveler, to put it simply.