Behind the moniker BigDenBoo stands a French composer whose musical journey started in an unexpected place: studying organ before falling head over heels for synthesizers. Growing up during the mid-1980s meant being right there when the Roland Juno 106, Yamaha DX7, and Korg Poly 800 were changing everything about how electronic music could sound. He has a genuine obsession with sound itself and sculpting every detail of how it hits your ears.
“One brother lost, one cave deep, and an island that won’t let go.”
This album picks up where 2024’s The Journey left off, dropping us into a pretty grim scenario. Tyler Becker wakes up alone at the bottom of a cave with his last memory being a chaotic pirate battle alongside his brother Scott. Now Scott’s gone, and Tyler needs to figure out how to get off this island and back to civilization. But first, he needs to find his brother. It’s a darker, more personal story than the first chapter’s mission-driven plot, and BigDenBoo leans into that isolation.
The production here marks a real step forward. The artist doesn’t make a big show of it. The mix is so well-balanced that you’re not sitting there cataloging which sounds came from where. It all just works together. The opening tracks feel appropriately claustrophobic and disorienting, with sparse arrangements that put you right there in that cave with Tyler. As the album progresses and Tyler starts finding his way, the arrangements gradually open up and get more complex.
For anyone who appreciates instrumental electronic music that actually goes somewhere, both narratively and emotionally, this album delivers. Yes, it helps to know the story going in, but honestly, the music works even if you just press play and let it unfold. The purpose of this instrumental album is clear enough: confusion giving way to determination, isolation gradually finding purpose, the slow climb from darkness toward light. These are universal feelings, and BigDenBoo translates them into synthetic language.
If you’ve been following BigDenBoo since The Journey, “Lostblood” is essential, too. If you’re new here, this actually works as a strong entry point. Let Tyler’s search for his brother and his way home become your journey too.
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