Kansas isn’t the primary place most individuals consider when speaking about digital music — however Marty Augustine is attempting to alter that. The Kansas Metropolis primarily based producer simply unleashed Ghosts, a 12-track album from his personal Slice Pirate Music label that’s equal elements trance revival, late-night warehouse vitality, and cinematic storytelling with beats.
From the leap, Ghosts makes its presence identified. “Drop That Bass” and “Smoke” are bruisers constructed for darkish, sweaty golf equipment, whereas the title observe weaves haunting melodies into an atmospheric paranormal journey that sticks with you lengthy after the lights come up. Augustine flexes his nostalgia on “When We Have been Younger,” a euphoric pop-dance anthem that includes the voice of Maizy Luna that appears like a time machine again to easier days.
Nevertheless it’s the deeper cuts that showcase Augustine’s vary. Tracks like “5 AM,” “To The Stars,” and “Hypnotica” stretch into his staple expansive, cinematic territory that he has been getting recognition for— soundscapes that really feel extra like movie scores, which very effectively might, and may, be. Ghosts is proof that his imaginative and prescient is larger than simply constructing the subsequent drop.
“Ghosts is concerning the items of the previous we always remember,” Augustine says. “I needed every observe to carry again previous recollections and emotions whereas creating new ones on the similar time.”
With this launch, Marty Augustine isn’t simply dropping one other album — he’s exhibiting that the Kansas heartland is greater than only a flyover spot on the map — it’s a brand new frontier for digital sound. Ghosts is streaming now on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, YouTube, Amazon, and Bandcamp.
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