It’s all here, as subdued as it can ever be. Beyond the Clones doesn’t outright produce music that hits you in the face, but rather, massages our subconscious.
Traversing a myriad of off-center shapes and forms
Many sound experiments take us through new corridors we’ve yet to explore, and Moon Bird (self-released in 2021) highlights these strange corridors, inviting us into its labyrinth. Using retro space toy sounds and tapping into dark ambient quarters, analog machines, 8-bit blips and bleeps, glitch, drone and old recording formats, Beyond the Clones captures hardware soundscapes and tape loops in seven unique pieces that are at once minimized and abstract with subtle vocalized clips weaving their way in.
Moon Bird, as a result, traverses a myriad of off-center shapes and forms. Dark drones and peculiar noises bend and twist with tiny complimenting elements like piano keys and fuzzy noises coalescing. “Communication Drop,” perhaps the highlight of the lot, provides all of the above-mentioned low-key peripherals, and yet while it’s sparse, continues to grab our attention. “Pluto’s only Cyclops” also expunges muted bleeps with Morse code flutter that’s simply sweet. “Along on the Kerberos Unit” shifts delicate pitter-patter notes and squiggles we can’t quite pinpoint, and can be treated as precious audio noodles worth repeated playback. “Float more” delivers a parallel path; tiny clicks and sparks are placed in just the right groove as “Moon Worm” sputters with abstract signals from afar. It’s all here, as subdued as it can ever be. Beyond the Clones doesn’t outright produce music that hits you in the face, but rather, massages our subconscious.
Moon Bird is available on Spotify.
