The Malta born artist is not new to create complex rhythms, ranging from Techno to Trip-Hop, House and Soul without ever losing his personal touch, his experimental attitude and brilliance and his new album makes no exception, being it a bright display of his qualities as a music producer. ‘Self Reflection’, which is quite an explanatory title, from our really personal POV is divided in three macro atmospheres: the first -which includes ‘Chill (feat. Janelle Pulo)(Intro)’, ‘Mirage’ and ‘Switch Up’- represents Melchior’s chilled-Electro anima, his intimate and empirical way of articulating in music the inner Detroiter inhabiting his creative mind and surely accomplishing the mission of proposing something unique in terms of beat-programming, harmonic transformation and vigorous, warm sound exploration. Instead, the House conscience of the artist takes control of the second third of the record, which is impregnated with fresh, gentle and elegant feelings yet extra-substantial rhythmically-wise with the classy (at times chimerical) energy of ‘You & I’ and ‘Conclusions’ and the bassy feel of ‘Dogma’ which gives a needed Deep and profound feel to the record as we roll towards the end of the first half. ‘Heads Up’, ‘Remember The Floor’ and ‘Don’t Look Back’ are the trio of tracks that definitely shift the listening to a Deep-er direction, with ‘Modular’ offering the warmest closing intensity with its knifelike progressive chords and the firm rhythm section. Generally this is an extremely well crafted album which involves a meticulous sound research and results in a strong, cohesive work. Even though we might have split it into three defining moments, that doesn’t make ‘Self Reflection’ a disjointed record, on the contrary Melchior Sultana never loses the thread of his sonic conversation and eventually succeeds in expressing all his artistic feelings in one, well defined story.

By the way, the record will be out both on Vinyl and digital and you can pre-order it via the label’s Bandcamp.