SAFFRONKEIRA - LEVIATHAN [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
"Leviathan" is the eighth studio album by Sardinian composer and producer SaffronKeira (Eugenio Caria), released on Denovali Records: A work structured in 12 movements that investigates the relationship between the rigidity of abstract architectures and the fragility of human perception. Reinterpreting the myth of the Leviathan through a philosophical and existential lens, the project assumes it as a metaphor for an invisible, multifaceted pressure: A silent force acting upon the body, the psyche, and living space, where the weight of time, isolation, or the impact of dominant structures exposes the vulnerability of the individual before the relentless.
The work unfolds as a trajectory open to multiple levels of interpretation, suspended between internal experience and external dynamics of oppression and alienation - an acoustic inquiry exploring phases of stasis, fracture, and fragmentation of consciousness, until the biological and emotional dimension re-emerges as the final locus of resistance. On the production and sound design front, the album synthesizes cinematic elements, ambient drones, and modern-classical perspectives within a timbral framework centered on synthesizers, modular synthesis, and drum machines, interspersed with sparse acoustic occurrences of piano and trumpet; the record thus pairs low-frequency drones and sub-bass saturations with IDM-oriented rhythmic patterns and micro-temporal glitches, constructing a sonic space grounded in the systematic contrast between density, measure, and suspension.