Andrew Veeder on February 25th, 2015

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Keenhouse, née Ken Rangtuky, is a Los Angeles-based electronic music producer who split time between Europe and Southeast Asia in his youth, cultivating an interest in the sounds of both the East and West. A few weeks ago, he released his third (and most ambitious) album, “A Future Past,” on Sunlinxx Records, with 15 tracks clocking in at nearly 82 minutes. For this project, he “wanted to try something different musically, observing music and sound from a visual perspective,” ultimately creating music that blends classical instrumentation with electronic production, like on the lush and sublime track “Gravity.” The first single “Argon Decibel” begins with a cello before incorporating drums, synthetic textures, and other organic instruments to fill out its electronic ambiance as soft, modulated female vocals loft above the music. Album bonus cut “The Uncanny Valley,” however, begins with a percussive and rhythmic underbelly before swelling with jazzy drums and additional elements to create a hypnotic groove that races onward before winding down in a fade.

||| Stream: “Argon Decibel” and “The Uncanny Valley”