Top 10 electronic music albums of 2022: Lynyn – Lexicon

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Lynyn: Lexicon (Sooper)

Electronic Sound: “It’s kinetic stuff. His compositional pedigree shows in the ecstatic cymbals and descending strings of the emotional highlight ‘vnar rush’. It’s fully the brain half of braindance.” 

Talented fella, Lynyn. When he’s not making waves on the Chicago experiment jazz scene or composing for classical bassoon, he’s killing it as a techno producer. In his crunching beats and blurping synths, you can hear Squarepusher and Clark. Pizzicato plucks add drama, spiralling basslines add depth, and his classical nous adds maturity to the whole thing. More classical music folks should become dance music producers. Mozart would have been brilliant at EDM. Probably. 

I’ve had a listen to his postrock band Monobody. Lynyn’s band, that is, not Mozart’s. You can see how the twists and turns make him a natural techno talent. After all, it’s not a huge jump from bassoon music to bass music.

Curious track: Vnar Rush melts into your brain, like spiders giving you a head message then melting into your brain. That's a thing that happens, yes?

Album feels: To be honest, I can't quite shift the melting brain spiders metaphor. That.

Cover art: Something that looks like a Mini Metro has mated with the Alien alien. 

From another website: There’s a very futuristic, almost dystopian vibe to Lexicon, something that’s actually reinforced by the odd math-y beats and intricate arrangements. (Sputnik Music)

This is part of a series of the Best Electronic Music Albums of 2022. Read it all here.