On their debut solo release, Berlin based artist CCL transforms electronic music into a liquid narrative, dissolving boundaries between genres with an alchemist’s precision. Plot Twist is less an EP and more a dreamscape—a collection of tracks that slip between sonic terrains with hypnotic fluidity.
The title track sets the tone, a cosmic spiral punctuated by a detached voice murmuring library-bound reveries. CCL constructs a sonic environment that’s simultaneously familiar and alien, threading dubstep, 2-step, and electric guitar into a seamless tapestry.
The Plot Thickens, featuring D. Tiffany, deepens the narrative complexity. Here, CCL’s vocals—part ASMR, part cryptic storytelling—navigate a landscape of dark opulence. The track mutates from progressive house to garage, each transition so gradual it’s almost imperceptible.
Strange Attractor represents the EP’s emotional apex. At 160 BPM, it oscillates between euphoria and unease, its celestial chords and flickering arpeggios creating a membrane between ecstasy and trepidation.
What distinguishes Plot Twist is its refusal to be pinned down. Each track feels like a living entity, shape-shifting without sacrificing coherence. CCL’s approach isn’t about genre-hopping for novelty, but revealing the connective tissue between seemingly disparate musical languages.
This is music that resists simple categorisation—a quality CCL has cultivated through years of transnational musical wanderings. The EP feels like a cartography of personal experience, mapping emotional landscapes through sound.
Ultimately, Plot Twist is less about surprise and more about the subtle magic of transformation. It’s an invitation to surrender to the music’s mercurial nature, to get lost in its intricate, dream-like passages.
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