Bleep

Based in the Italian countryside outside Florence, Hervè Atsè Corti aka Herva creates a far-from-straightforward version of house and techno. Named after the Swahili word for ‘everything’, his debut album Kila arrives courtesy of Planet Mu, no strangers to abstract interpretations of different dance music genres. There’s a tactile, organic feel to Herva’s music, as well as a gritty and detailed sound created using modified hardware and software. The album never quite settles, moving through the terrifying vocals and grainy acid of title track ‘Kila’ and the constantly skipping ‘Video Volume’. ‘Seat Behind Mirrors’ plunges into dank electro while ‘Mistakes Dealer’ resembles something approaching hip hop. It’s a strange, interesting record, but a very distinct one.