Review: 11 months on the release from his breakthrough album, the excellent Talisman, Normandy native Fakear returns with a sequel of sorts, Hypertalisman. At the heart of the album is a woozy, often picturesque trademark sound that cannily combines elements hyper-pop (specifically cut-up and mutilated vocal samples), deep house, and the kind of impossible-to-pigeonhole, UK bass-adjacent melodic excellence that was once the preserve of electronica. Of course, there's plenty of wriggle room within that stylistic template, allowing Fakear to place ultra-gorgeous, head-nodding slow jams such as 'Prism' next to heady, house-fired club workouts such as 'About You' and the bouncy, techno-tinged 'Healing'. Further highlights include the dark jungle influenced 'Training Lesson' and the gorgeous, tactile brilliance of 'Underwater', featuring sublime vocals courtesy of KAVYA.
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