Vario

Vario was Savant's second studio album released in 2012. The man behind savant is Aleksander Vinter, who has had many musical achievements, including a Norwegian grammy nomination. The Album mainly consists of dubstep with a hint of dance and a few other electronic genre's.

The album begins with “Splinter”, A steady but rather heavy sounding song. The main melody is nice to listen to and the track manages to sound flowing even though its made up of segments of sound. “Shadow” has a rather dark sounding introduction and has an unusual feature of a thick Scottish voice (Qwentalis). The voice distortion isn't harsh on the ears and fits in well with everything else. The lyrics are quite deep and meaningful and the vocals make the song easy to listen to while still being full of emotion.”Hero From The Past” starts of quite simple and majestically but rapidly speeds up into a fast paced tune. The main section is really busy sounding and this adds to the excitement and adrenaline. There is a lot of experimentation with speed and distortion which is a bit different and nice to listen to. This is my favourite song of the album and I particularly like the ending where it just kind of collapses.”Party Machine” begins with a glitched voice, the main section of the song is very bouncy sounding due to the heavy bass and beat. The song continues to build up before become much lighter and easier to listen to. The bass gradually comes back in for a spectacular end. Overall this song was more dance like than the past songs.”Heart Shaped Mushroom Cloud” begins with a nuclear warning message. A heavy bass jumps in and the song becomes quite menacing and heavy sounding. I don't think this song will appeal to new listeners but if you are experienced in the dubstep genre then it will be a more comfortable listen. The final song “Fuck Nexus” has a more positive introduction with a catchy melody but it becomes more dance like when the heavy beat comes in. A heavy bass is soon added and the song becomes much more dangerous sounding, It steadily builds up for a powerful ending to bring about an exciting end to the album.

Vario By Savant is Ascrono Music's Album Of The Week because it is almost a perfect recipe for a dubstep album, the range of tempo,structures and melodies really make the album almost unpredictable and completely thrilling to listen to.