Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *
Being normal and sticking to convention is not, and has never been, cool.
To be questioned on your approach to your vision rather than just blindly being accepted is a gift to which many are denied, and for whom far too many blindly wish to serve.
Why should the mysterious, the enigmatic, and the cryptic be solely for the preserve of the dark, for to enlighten the world we must seek to assure those who have a different artistic vision that they also will be heard in the open bright stage, that the Full Devoid lacks nothing in the eyes and soul of those who see the potential and the drama that will ensue.
Why be normal when you can immerse yourself completely in the world of the uniquely insightful, or even dance to your own tune.
It is a point of pride that Sci-Fi inspired artist Kaixo packs the void with enough musical dynamite to make the latest release dance not just to its own tune but push the boundary into a distance where the listener has to maintain a healthy pursuit to stay in touch with the emotions that have been unearthed and set free.
Not so much separate tracks of drama but a melding of physical experience, chapters of freedom, sentences given space to protest, and through the opener of Full Devoid (Devoid), Disassemble, Black Lily, Escape (Devoid 2), Ready To Change, and In The Dark (Devoid 3), Kaixo subtly provides a reason, weaves a tale of magnitude and illumination through the mediums of electronica, dance, and dare it be said a sense of the Progressive thanks to elemental reveal of the science fiction backdrop.
The jumbling of genres, far too many for a mere mortal to see their hands move in time to the various beats and wild passions on show, is for Kaxio a dream, a stance in which artists such as Daedric, Fight The Fade, Seething Akira and King Protea are given glorious time as they feature within this elaborate world of music.
A piece of inspiration, even in a world to which the listener might be unfamiliar, the stimulation is beyond question, the Muse relaxed and ready to strut show off for all to take note and find their own unique style; for nothing is worse that sticking to convention, Kaxio implores, rightly, that we must find a sense of the unique in all that we are shown.
Ian D. Hall