Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Country: USA
Genre: Experimental, psychedelic
Full length: Niga Denots
Format: Digital album
Label: Independent
Release date: September 22, 2025
As "Niga Denots" is hard to pin down in terms of inspiration, bizarre and unconventional is all I can readily think of. It seems to have been written irrespective of categorization and couldn’t be classified. Just forget what you know about conventional songwriting and allow an experience to sink in like falling asleep after doing acid and having a peculiar dream.
Trying in any way to classify this album would be an affront to originality and creativity. I don't even believe a label for music like this exists, so visual descriptions would be more effective.
Jestamang describes The Ace Of Chase’s acoustic guitar-based work as being like water; more like liquid acid inducing a hypnotic state like serenity and dread. This album sounds composed in a ritual chamber rather than a rehearsal space, removed from the world outside, especially in the songwriting. The acoustic guitars aren't dissonant or in a minor key; it feels the note arrangements aren’t structured in a conventionally logical way. I can't exactly identify it, but the songs are composed in a way that feels different somehow. But somehow, these arrangements always work for the material.
The opening section of "Witch Pit" builds an organic and electronic ambiance of thunder and rain, leading to a picture of watching the storm from inside a dimly lit room as the track unfolds. As I gather, the setting seems austere but there’s an implication; maybe from the somber vocals, the abstract lyrics, the electronic sounding percussion or the spooky background keyboards; of a sinister presence lurking somewhere unseen. Each subsequent track is akin to exploring a different room in the house, as "Niga Denots" grows more eccentric and offbeat each time a new song gets underway.
Transitioning from a haze of somber vocals, electronic tones, and haunting keyboards to mournful chants, from classically tinted harpsichords with nineteenth century Celtic folk melodies to themes too fantastic and magnificent to describe, it offers a far broader range of psychedelic music than what we’re accustomed to. Another distinguishing feature setting this project apart from other psychedelic bands is that the electronic sounds, percussion, and effects evoke the same sensation of water flowing through the acid dream, saturating your mind with strange alien images.
The vocals furthermore have similar qualities as the guitars, sharing characteristics with the guitars and electronics, producing oddly arranged notes and frequently resembling choral voices with a subtle robotic tone. Occasionally, string instruments offer more robust organic themes that enhance the keys and percussion. All this comes together to create an atmosphere something like Pink Floyd, The Doors and Peter Gabriel. However, these are extremely loose comparisons, as this project is not bent on imitating other artists but rather on crafting something unique to itself. –Dave Wolff
Track list:
1. Witch Pit
2. Mist on Hill with War on Hill
3. The Fatherland
4. Cherubs O' Sacrifice
5. Cyborg
6. Kin, Kin
7. Village Fuse
8. Flap Your Wings
9. Meet Aliens Today
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