Bigeneric - Helva

Bigeneric is one of those hugely underrated artists who have been around forever, making immense and immersive earworms.  This double album is more ambient in nature to a lot of his other stuff, but just as essential. 

FYI - There is also a 2xcd/4xLP set available from the usual vendors.  

seen you mention this guy a couple times. where should i start?

Treci Mjesec is his essential album from the 90s. Speilmanda more recently. All on his Bandcamp.

Honestly all of it is fascinating listening. This new one has huge dimensions.

Helva is really pretty superb innit. Some Global Communication vibes at times.

Helva has been on literal repeat over here. My AOTY so far.

I should mention that he released an underrated gem on Rephlex as Synectics.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/16837-Synectics

Helva is toooo good.

  On 7/11/2021 at 9:21 PM, Extralife said:

I should mention that he released an underrated gem on Rephlex as Synectics.

The Purple Universe is one of the RePHLeX releases I still return to every now and then, it's brilliant. Should get the semi-recent 2xLP repress, I have the original CD and vinyl and the 12" with Free Sphere and Natural (The Ono [i.e. Gregory Fleckner Quintet of Clear fame] track on the other side is also very good).

Oh cool, Helva is actually an Inzec release, i.e. Repetto's own label, I have some of the early releases on it and thought the label had been scrapped years ago.

wicked album

  On 7/5/2021 at 4:07 AM, Extralife said:

Treci Mjesec is his essential album from the 90s.

listening now - this is wonderful.

  On 9/15/2021 at 5:15 PM, species8472 said:

listening now - this is wonderful.

It really is.

Helva is something special as well.

incredible how Helva stands out from the rest of his albums

  On 4/21/2022 at 5:25 PM, blantchot1 said:

incredible how Helva stands out from the rest of his albums

Agreed. He really outdid himself with this one.