Jorge Velez /// Territories

Jorge Velez seems to have taken this latest piece, Territories, as an opportunity to change things up a bit with his sound. Having announced that he is retiring his former alias Professor Genius. This in itself is exciting because he has seemed to allowed himself to push the boat out more and not necessarily go where he has gone before. Although not a stranger to dark, strange and twisted sounding music; territories seems to go that bit further. Tracks like Curves stand out for their gritty, ominous and deep sound. held together by a rusty drum loop edging in some experimental sound design taking you on a journey into, literally, the unknown. The album as a whole doesn’t fit together particularly well, there is no reoccurring theme, however you feel from listening to it that this is his intent. Not exactly a light listen, however there is a lot to be said for the experimentation in terms of production, maybe slightly ahead of his time, this album might be hard to ‘get’ but it will sure gain him some dedicated fans who are looking for something they can truly call original.