Electricity by Mark VDH is like a flowing river. Before stepping into album mode, Mark VDH continued releasing solo singles, including collaborations with LA drag performer ChaCha, and later the 2025 collection The Private Mixes. These projects signaled a gradual move toward more personal artistic expression. His album “Electricity” demonstrates great confidence in pacing and sonic balance, signaling artistic maturity. From the first track, the album establishes a clean, polished sonic identity, driven by carefully layered synth work. This approach leaves the album focused on control, texture, and forward momentum. Mark VDH shows a strong grasp of pacing, allowing tracks to build gradually.
A key strength of the album is its pacing. This makes “Electricity” particularly effective when heard front to back, where the continuity of sound becomes most apparent. The album unified many of the elements he had previously explored. Groove-driven rhythms, polished synth layers, and streamlined arrangements, into a more cohesive body of work. He shows willingness to explore different corners of the electronic scope while still maintaining a unified production style.
The production work is polished throughout. “Electricity” reflects his ambition to revive cohesive album storytelling within modern dance music. It is more about exploring energy, motion, and atmosphere. The album functions primarily as a sonic journey, using rhythm, texture, and pacing to create a continuous listening experience, not focusing on explicit storytelling. It brings out Mark VDH’s focus on structure, precision, and immersive production, inviting listeners to engage with the album as a cohesive soundscape, than a lyric-driven concept record.
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Review by: Frank Donavan