The thing that raises Eingya above its predecessor, and many other albums fishing around in the same ambient pond, is the upgrade in production. Whereas Unomia was simple and direct (here’s a synth, there’s one on top, and…the drums), Eingya is more complex and unpredictable.  Full text...

Boston multi-instrumentalist Keith Kenniff's second release under his Helios moniker is a soundtrack of molasses-sweet, midsummer sunset melancholy and pastoral mellifluence.  Full text...

Combining an abundance of ambient electronics with reserved acoustic guitar, Eingya clings to the oasis-in-the-desert formula. This succeeds in making the textured tracks that much more picturesque.  Full text...

Kenniff is trained as a percussionist, which might explain Eingya's forward-motion embrace, or we may have to give credit to the abhorrent "taking in influence from his knowledge of cinema" touted as a virtue in his press materials.  Full text...