Kiosk ID returns for chapter no. 45 with 'Belém,' a three-track EP that sees producer Peve push his sonic identity into darker realms. Known for Deep House with shimmering melodic detail, Belém sharpens the Lisbon-based producer's edges-leaner, heavier, and driven by a tactile tension that never fully resolves. It's Peve at his most physical, sculpting rhythm and atmosphere into a vivid, shape-shifting triptych.
'Shift' opens the EP with a woody kick driving a mass of rumbly, tactile subs and hovering percussive figures that artfully meld ethnic undercurrents with circuit-bent futurism. Warping, crushing and tightening his sonic impacts in real time, Peve expands a revolving core by wildly pitching and oscillating synths, transforming a powerfully effective, stripped beat into waves of slow-burning percussive pressure.
'Bela Vista' unfolds booming subs and metallic bells that populate the spectrum like shuddering electric debris.Technical, chopped-up lead figures cut through the low-end with distinct tonal bite, each motif morphing and eroding, blurring the lines between melody and percussion. With a bright synth figure anchoring its deep throb like an eerie, shimmering beacon, Bela Vista delivers a deeply physical, pounding dancefloor exercise.
'Reduction' closes the EP with an energetic tangle of arpeggios and rapid-fire saw waves, melting into one another with a grating, mechanical fluidity. Groovy yet volatile, it balances choppy, blown-out leads with relentless subs and blazing shards of melodic impacts. The result is a deep, sharply contoured synthscape, full of bite and wiry detail, presenting a more playful, arp-forward side of Peve without sacrificing intensity.
'Belém' expands Peve's rhythm-centric, highly textured sonic language into denser, more pressure-laden forms, ending up both club-ready and richly immersive: a metallic thunderstorm with pure percussive energy at its core.