high volumes can y ou submerge
yourself in the h ypnotic tonal
waves. Enjoy with a hot cup of
tea on a cold f all day with an
apple crisp in the oven and a fire
crackling. – Brennan Anderson
music challenges you to find
connections, dissimilarities, and
to make sense of the maze of hazy,
indefinite sound. Music of this
sort has no agenda and no obvious
reason for being . It sho ws how
focus can transform simplicity
into complexity. Within the
genre of sound ar t, this alb um
represents the best success of its
kind. – Ernest Heering
Temple Volant | Da ydream
Drawings
1080p
When I played this music for my
visiting dad, he worried about
my lifestyle. How could I listen
to music that drones through
subterranean soundscapes of
ambient field r ecordings, and
actually get excited about it?
He surmised a substance-m usic
affiliation. Admittedly, access
to this subtle , texturally murky
sound is guarded b y your ability
to focus and give it your complete
attention.
On
the
surface,
you’re faced with difficult
static abrasiveness and lengthy
ambience. But when y ou turn
off distractions and immer se
yourself in the sound, something
new emerges. Repetitive phrases
have slight variation and bubbling
movement,
a r esplendent
layer cake of textur es. This
Swans | To Be Kind
Mute
Imagine a nightmare that is
inescapable. Perhaps the world
has turned against you and a wall
of paranoia has consumed your
every interaction. Maybe you’re
perpetually late for a test tha t
you’ve been scramb ling to study
for. Maybe you’re the subjec t of
public humiliation or sought after
by a nefarious agent. Recall the
unpleasant feeling of unease in all
of these unconscious scenarios and
the equal, if not greater, feeling of
weightless calm tha t comes after
waking up and r ealizing none
of these developments actually
occurred. Relax: it’s all a fiction!
Tension and release is a
musical device used to enrich the
narrative of song. As dissonance,
anxiety, and emotional turmoil
lead