{"id":11711,"date":"2025-06-22T17:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11711"},"modified":"2025-06-22T17:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T16:12:28","slug":"ilia-belorukovs-nrd-drm-two-2022-2024-reviewed-by-chain-dlk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.cronicaelectronica.org\/?p=11711","title":{"rendered":"Ilia Belorukov\u2019s \u201cNRD DRM TWO 2022-2024\u201d reviewed by\u00a0Chain DLK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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IliaBelorukov\u2019s “NRDDRMTWO2022\u20132024” is not your average percussion album – it\u2019s a sonic s\u00e9ance with a machine. Across thirteen tracks, this Russian-Serbian experimentalist transforms his NordDrum2 into a kaleidoscope of tempos, textures, and reverberant spaces, all on a strict one-step pattern that mutates over time. Think of it as minimalism caught in motion: a single rhythmic seed sprouting variants as tempo drifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belorukov stumbled onto this method while pushing the Drum2\u2019s six channels through tempo ranges and reverb algorithms; suddenly, a small tweak in delay or resonance made sounds bloom into entirely different creatures. Tracks are titled like schematics – \u201c4.31, 4+5+6, 270\u2013140\u201d – but they\u2019re anything but clinical. Instead, they reveal playful curiosity and sonic empathy, like birdwatching frequencies in their natural habitat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And let\u2019s be real: each track is a miniature adventure in acoustics. One moment you\u2019re swimming in low-end rumble at 300 BPM, the next you\u2019re plucking echoes at 50 BPM. Yet there\u2019s no overthinking here – Belorukov recorded everything live, at the moment, no edits, just EQ and compression afterward. The result is elastic, alive, sometimes hypnotic, sometimes unnerving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What surprises is how much emotive force this can hold. Vital Weekly noted you might feel nothing at first, but give it volume and space – and suddenly all these layers snap into focus: a texture-rich field that rewards patience. It\u2019s sonic minimalism made maximal, not by adding elements, but by coaxing meaning from tiny shifts in repetition and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belorukov isn\u2019t just playing a drum synth; he\u2019s conversing with it. His background – deep in improvisation, noise, electroacoustic work, saxophone, modular systems – feeds into this: he doesn\u2019t impose patterns, he discovers them. “NRDDRMTWO” is part tribute to red Nord box and part field recording of an electronic creature evolving in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, this CD is a quietly radical statement. It\u2019s not flashy, but it is full of intent: each tempo shift morphs emotional terrain, each reverb change reshapes the room, and each track feels like a fragment of a larger exploration. Listen loud, and you\u2019ll glimpse something that\u2019s both machine-made and eerily organic – a dance of code and chance you didn\u2019t know you needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why it matters:
– Tempo as form \u2013 one-step pattern becomes polymorphic through speed.
– Space as ingredient \u2013 reverb isn\u2019t decoration; it\u2019s co-author.
– Live spontaneity \u2013 no edits, pure in-the-moment creation.
– Emotive minimalism \u2013 volume and patience reveal surprising depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re tired of overproduced beatwork and crave something that breathes and evolves on its own terms, “NRDDRMTWO2022\u20132024” is your companion: a patient explorer of rhythm\u2019s hidden architecture. Vito Camarretta<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IliaBelorukov\u2019s “NRDDRMTWO2022\u20132024” is not your average percussion album – it\u2019s a sonic s\u00e9ance with a machine. Across thirteen tracks, this Russian-Serbian experimentalist transforms his NordDrum2 into a kaleidoscope of tempos, textures, and reverberant spaces, all on a strict one-step pattern that mutates over time. Think of it as minimalism caught in motion: a single rhythmic … <\/p>\n

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