Live Review: Bengal 'The Nile'

Breaking into any scene can be a treacherous journey, especially the music scene, where the only way to stand out is to go where no man has gone before. Aussie beat maker BENGAL seems to be taking this journey in his stride with this debut release ‘The Nile’.

Bengal is one unique individual, which translates seamlessly to unique sound. With a mind that can wander and hone in on the different, and make it something, ‘The Nile’ was created. The track covers many different sounds most people would not consider blending together. This is four minutes where you will not be bored for a single moment; possibly confused, but only in the best kind of way. Bengal considers his music to be a combination of Trap and future Australian beats but it goes much deeper than that.

‘The Nile’ opens with a very futuristic, synthy percussion intro. The track features a number of huge builds, bringing an Egyptian influence through the use of a sound like a traditional Arghul Flute synthesised and sped up to fit the future beats/trap influence of the song. Driving forward with bongo drums and tamborine beats, ‘The Nile’ suddenly drops into a section filled with strings that sounds almost like you are listening to a whole new track. It’s like an adventure with only the consistent percussion reminding you that this is still the same track. Don’t be surprised if for a brief moment while listening to the track you picture exotic belly dancers breakdancing.

Bengal doesn’t necessarily want to find himself labelled as beat maker for a certain genre. ‘The Nile’ is certainly trappy, but you won’t hear tracks that fall into the confines of specific genres on the upcoming EP. Bengal, as an artist and a producer, wants to ensure no track he ever releases has a generic sound to it.

Get ready to see a lot more from this beat making, cat enthusiast. With Carmada dropping ‘The Nile’ in their Groovin The Moo set and a remix of Miami Horror’s hit ‘Sometimes’ gaining over 100,000 plays in a month, Bengal is going to soon become as revered to electronic music as cats to the ancient Egyptians.

Keep an eye out for more from Bengal, his debut EP is due out later this year and will feature a collab with Yahtzel, which will be huge.

Check out more of Bengal on Soundcloud here.

Words by Madeline Kilby

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