Multimedia artist Katan’s song “It” sounds like the chill outro music at the end of an epic fantasy video game or for a safe zone, save point where one can replenish and take a break from the action. Its bright synth melody and processed vocals convey a sense of wonder and tranquility. It’s a song seemingly about the search for meaning and how that meaning finds you and learning to trust your instincts. Maybe Katan didn’t use a circuit bent Famicom to compose the music but that sort of chiptune aesthetic informs the songwriting with the tones cycling from high to low in an effervescent contrast throughout with staccato arpeggios of rhythm and an almost percussive approach to the main melody. The song feels like you’ve attained something and you’re getting some time to bask in that achievement after a long series of challenges and struggles. Given the multiple crises wracking the world in this first half of 2020 “It” is striking the perfect note to untangle at least a bit of that angst. Listen to “It” on Spotify and follow Katan’s video work on YouTube.
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