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Album Review: CMPT – Na Utrini

From even CMPT’s initial offering, 2021’s Mrtvaja EP, it was clear there was something otherworldly about the work of sole entity Vidak Lešina. To clarify, a sense of “otherness”, rather, of being both outside of time and deeply interwoven with it. Krv I Pepeo continued the feeling, deepening the connection with the CMPT’s Balkan homeland by delving further into the obscurity of the area’s folklore. Returning three years to the month after Krv I Pepeo, Na utrini acts as a prequel to the events of that album and, while I’m generally not a fan of releasing an album out of […]

Album Review: CMPT – Mrtvaja [EP]

Clocking in at a goat’s breath shy of 20 minutes, Balkan entity CMPT has its work cut out for it. With only two songs, almost evenly cleaving Mrtvaja in twain, not a second of space can be wasted, even one minute of aimless wandering would taint the purity I’m sure CMPT is seeking to display. Built on indigenous ways and Slavic folklore, ‘Mrtvaja Part 1’ lures, hypnotic before a blazing, triumphal chaos unfolds, enfolds the listening ear, offering no chance of escape. Rhythmically impressive – and it’s satisfying to hear the drumming so clear, so prevalent in the mix – […]