A sonic exploration into worlds that feel unseen, unexplored, and unimaginable, Hu11’s odyssey on Gosub Coda is a revelation that begs you to unravel more and more. The night complete instrumental eight track progression is bereft of any vocal sounds barring a few on the first and final piece. The soundscapes are entirely otherworldly, in both composition and for comparison. From the strange and eerie opening on “It’s Not Up to You”, there’s a haze cast over the listener that leaves you so perplexed, amazed, and in awe of what you’re reeling from seeing.
Hu11’s style of music lets itself be known as something distinct electronically because even though it is created in compositional styles, the use of a myriad of samples, spectral morphing and other seemingly unimaginable sound-design techniques avoids the more regularly associated pitfalls of a synth-wave or predictable harmonic progressions. It’s in that chasm of irregularities that Gosub Coda strikes your attention. At not one point can you predict where it’s going or how the melody and rhythm are really going to express themselves.
Some of the records, like “I Never Get Away With Anything” feel like an entire EP in and of themselves. There’s just so much sonic exploration here, a clear and irresistible unraveling of sounds that soothe you, question you, and let you introspect.
This isn’t a record worth delving into half heartedly, it feels almost necessary and essential to have a complete noise cancellation set up around you as you start to pick apart each piece and aspect of every passing track. It’s miraculously innovative from back to front and there’s an ocean of knowledge in production, sonic imagination, and more that’s waiting to be unearthed on this record.