Tekisuto’s “Go Left” Evokes the Flights of Imagination Indulged on Everyday Train Trips

There is a sense of traveling to living video game world in Tekisuto’s “Go Left.” Some of the synth is reminiscent of a more high fidelity version of some kind of early 90s Nintendo game. But the horns and the more urgent and angular melody recall early Depeche Mode as well. The ascending synth line that takes us out of the song with the brief bit of ambient room sound to follow gives a different impression like we’ve been riding a rapid transit shuttle and the jubilant music we’ve been listening to is the theme music for the ride. Like if “Welcome to the Machine” by Pink Floyd was a lot shorter, wasn’t a brooding, melancholic dirge but with the same otherworldly quality. The ambient room sound is there at the beginning of the song with some light laughter and indiscernible conversation to bookend the surreal song with a touch of regular life even as it takes us on a trip to a brighter, more fun hyper reality for a couple of minutes, a welcome transport to a fantastical place. Listen to “Go Left” below on Spotify.