Almec

Almec is the moniker of London-based electronic producer Alex Hall, whose work is characterised by washy ambient guitars and floating synths set in cosmic rotation to driving house beats and pulsing bass lines. His fusion of electronic, trip-hop, world, ambient and classical sounds is the natural output of a wide array of influences, informed by his own heritage and signaled by his portmanteau name.

The 2019 single release of “Obsidian” followed by Almec’s self-titled EP explored both electronic and organic textures. Those textures took on flesh and bone in the 2020 full-album release of Antiphony, marking an early milestone with singles “Cold Coffee” and “Happy Sad.” The album’s dark horse “Ribs” has also quickly become a live-set staple.

Following the release of “Us” as a standalone single, Vita dropped in early 2021 to enthusiasm of a growing base of followers developed over summer 2020 with digitally-streamed live sets, which birthed the heartbeat-racing “Chants.” With other tracks like “Night Spooks” or the album’s bookends (“Equinox” and “Eclipse Rave”), the work features sweeping synth lines, brooding bass, and starscape vocals over a backdrop of lo-fi white noise.