PLESS

Biography

PLESS is Leo Matkovic and Philipp Thöni. Both lovers of heavy sounds and fragile tones, oscillating between beats driven electronica and cinematic soundscapes. A fundamental mutual musical trust and understanding had been established between Leo and Philipp years before during their collaboration in the metal band "Unhold".

PLESS has been around since 2019. After hours of talking about musical preferences and ideas, the decision to tackle the project PLESS matured. PLESS thrive for music the listener can get immersed in. Most basic moods and arrangements are based on live recorded structures and fragments, which are later further refined, enriched and edited.

The tracks on the debut album „Hypernormal“ by PLESS occur in fictional places. These give the sound a defining environment. Physical and atmospheric features that define the space. Philipp Thöni has the tendency to externalize these places, whereas Leo Matkovic rather seeks out the inner spaces.

The titles potentiate these places or stand in contrast to them. Perceived in a sequence the listener travels to different places, covering distances of various lengths. Although sometimes far away from each other, all places belong to the same celestial body. Thus, when listening to „Hypernormal“, images emerge in front of the inner eye, sombre cinematic moods lit with occasional ecstatic gushes of ease. It’s an observation of worldly things, albeit perceived through a new dimension.