Live Review: Klyne ‘Entropy’

Dutch duo Klyne have wrangled together a stand out track. Low fi, sparse yet faintly soothing, their new track 'Entropy' is the second half to their double A-side single.

Entropy, for those who were wondering, in scientific meaning is the thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.

Hailing from the Netherlands, that’s quite a complex notion for KLYNE to be expressing. Lets just say that in day to day terms, it sort of just means unpredictable. Which is still a pretty enigmatic word.

Last month we were treated to the first part of their double A-side debut single, ‘Paralyzed’. ‘Entropy’ follows in the same vein as a cool and confident number, driven by tropical urgent drums and smooth vocals. Again, Nick Klein supplies the vocals whilst Ferdous Dehzad is on production.

‘Entropy’’s sparse, jungle openings reveal a voice, coming from we’re not quite sure where, and industrial beats which construct a low-fi sonic cavern. Faded out faint steel drums are muffled behind morphy synths and laser machines, and a retro sounding guitar riffs a little at the end as the synths build to the final chorus. As the song progresses it becomes more of a struggle to make out what’s being said, either down to the Dutch translation or just a stylistic point.

The track is calming but slightly off-kilter, and it’s this slightly skewed nature that drives the interest and meaning.