Aerosol & Dalot :: Double review (n5MD)

Fusing equal parts emotive instrumentation with serene layers of ambience, both Aerosol and Dalot offer n5MD their latest audio paintings.

Aerosol :: All That is Solid Melts Into Air [Release page]
Solemn spaces, tranquil retreats; Aerosol’s All That is Solid Melts Into Air pulls gravity filled melodies and gently brushes them with layers of nostalgic bubbles. Floating gracefully from these channels of undulating ambience comes a particular stream of faded moments as Aerosol blends slow moving sheets of ice along dried-out twigs and brush. These orchestral strands prevail throughout; coming across like connected pieces vying to create a bigger picture. Not entirely beatless in nature, All That is Solid Melts Into Air animates minimal-clicks around a lighthearted pitter-pater as warm synthetic drones cascade with amplified tones. Aerosol quite simply offers listeners drifting instrumental calmness that subliminally pierces the heart.

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Dalot :: Minutestatic [Release page]
Loop Over Latitudes was a pocket full of overflowing gaseous strings tied to crescents of stripped minimalism; a definitive projection of sizzling vibrations sliced its center. Minutestatic takes flight where the previous album landed. Delving into and out of shimmering guitars and dusty ambient interludes, each title slides across thickened flutter and micro-rhythms. Its emotional appeal is tethered with hand-sewn instrumentation as blurred halo’s emerge above each piece. Although Minutestatic delivers a smattering of deeply evolved musical bliss, its mission has more to do with transcendental significance rather than written synopses of its audible forms. Treading lightly on fibrous-shoegaze, Dalot creates waves of curiously attractive buzzing that locks into memory without fail.