The keen reader will gladly remember Switzerland-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Moon Costruction Kit from an article we published about ‘Long John Silver’ just under a year ago, celebrating the track as “evoking a grainy, colourful aesthetic and a buoyant psychedelic flair”, a statement that partly echoes what the entire project stands for. You see, a musical outfit that names itself Moon Construction Kit must enjoy a certain cosmic allure, an otherworldly sonic formula that navigates highly eclectic territories. Bordering psychedelia, indie-pop, and leftfield influences, the Lausanne-based creative drives a hypnotic and blissful listening experience.
‘Snake Charmer’ is the perfect evidence of that. Marking MCK’s latest release, the piece presents itself as a slice of escapism packed with triumphant and prophetic energy, a dream-laden cut that one can easily get lost in. That’s exactly what we did: ‘Snake Charmer’ tends to slow down the outside world, kidnapping the mind into a higher state of consciousness. After four minutes, the track ends, and the listener is abruptly taken back to earth. Lucky for you, the replay button is at hand.
Delving deeper into Snake Charmer, Moon Construction Kit explains: “With ‘Snake Charmer’, I was aiming for a vibe that feels like a fairground at night, something beautiful but a little bit haunting. I used a crystalline, glassy piano and Mellotron to give it that lush, 60s psych-pop sound, but the lyrics are actually quite clinical. It’s about that moment where you realise the cure you’re following, whether it’s a person or a pill, is actually the problem. By the time the Big Pharma mantra kicks in at the end, I wanted the whole song to feel like a machine that’s finally started to spiral out of control.”
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