Drone
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Quiet Evenings – Light Billows
Blissful long form drone from Quiet Evenings (Grant & Rachel Evans) with Light Billows on their own Hooker Vision imprint. 52 minutes of drone and vocal textures, cello and tape-saturated synths. Light and heavy, dense and a million miles wide. Recaptures a bit of what I felt of the Sacred Phases catalog in the 20… Continue reading
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Jefre Cantu Ledesma – Gift Songs
Hazy, dream state ambiance from Jefre Cantu-Ledesma with Gift Songs on Mexican Summer. Cascades of fleeting piano, washes of synthesizer, subtle percussion. Radiant, patient, gentle, a record at ease with itself. A single track The Milky Sea runs the duration of the A side, while the flip presents 4 thematically linked explorations. At the completion each… Continue reading
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Evan Caminiti – Meridian
Foreboding electronics from Evan Caminiti with 2015 LP release, Meridian on Thrill Jockey. Nine tracks of absolutely ripping synthesizer work. Buzzing, massive basslines, howling caustic melodies and washes of glitched static. Like all of Caminiti’s work – this has a sense of scope and cinema. Not since the desert acoustics of his 2012 release Night… Continue reading