Mild Minds formalizes sophomore album, ‘GEMINI,’ on Foreign Family Collective

21/02/2025 · Source: Dancing Astronaut ↗

Melbourne bred indie-electronic tastemaker Mild Minds , born Benjamin David, has officially bequeathed his sophomore studio album, GEMINI , via ODESZA ‘s esteemed Foreign Family Collective . Featuring a total of nine innovative new dance tracks, the same number of recordings housed on David’s 2020-issued debut album, MOOD , GEMINI explores a plethora of electronic sub-genres while effecting an invigorating sonic consistency. The brand new project opens with “I NEED U,” which combines trance-like synth patterns and future bass-reminiscent vocal sampling, layered atop intricate drum-and-bass percussion. “ TEARDROPS ,” on the other hand, explores tech-house drum sequences and stutter house synth programming. Still, the listening experience is not once derailed by anything that might be “out of place.” In revitalizing turn of the century club music through an emotional lens, the GRAMMY-nomin