Album Review: Binary Portal x Entropic Gravity x Seba
Over the past few days, I’ve listened to this album more times than I have in the seven months since it dropped. It’s not a walk in the park—I mean, this isn’t Bruno Mars, with all due respect to Bruno. Some of the tracks on this record demand attention and effort. If you think music is something you can always consume passively, then hey, we’re just built differently.
What I mean is: it takes a certain energy to meet an album—and its creator—where they are. To follow the details, to analyze, to understand. Some records out there carry a level of complexity that deserves thought and reflection. I’m not just talking about Binary Portal—I mean in general. There are records, and there are records. There are artists who absolutely kill it with commercial, light music—and hats off to them.
I’m not here to argue or judge. I’m just saying: a track like Let the Code Compile doesn’t just “play itself.”
And yeah, I might sound like a broken record, but without a proper volume level, without a decent sound system, the experience just isn’t the same. That’s because sound—real sound—needs to move some damn air to feel full and complex. And this album? There’s a lot of air to move. Just listen to Secret Galaxies or Fast Machines.
Could I say there’s a track I prefer over another? Sure. But it wouldn’t feel right. Today I might fall off my chair listening to Beyond PI, tomorrow I’m flatlined by 4D Dream.
This album is unapologetically, elegantly, unshakably electronic.
Enjoy.
“Oh, and since Seba created a ton of artwork for the album, I’m adding a few extras down below. Catch you next time.”
