- Plenty of artists reinvent themselves, but few do it with such obvious intent as Donnacha Costello. From his ambient beginnings to The Colour Series to his more recent closing of Minimise (and the reopening...and closing again), it's been easy to chart the Irish producer's moves. Now, with the arrival of MSF, we have yet another iteration of Costello. A just released Electric Deluxe podcast helps chart the influences on his new moniker: Techno new (Pfirter, Traversable Wormhole) and old (G-Man, V-Room). But, as always, with more than enough melody to make those sharp edges dull enough to grab hold of comfortably.
The three tracks on his debut release as MSF sound in line with the material under his own name on Look Long. Just harder. "Signification" has a squelching line that makes its point quickly and firmly before allowing the pulsing beat and strings to have their say as well. "Meaning Formation" bumps in the same purpose maker manner, not bothering to make room for the heady themes that have typified his work for the past few years. "Empathic," meanwhile, is wonderful ambience that sounds like it could have been made by The Orb in 1991, whale song and all.
Tracklist 01. Meaning Formation
02. Signification
03. Empathic