Rift reveals machined grooves tethered to turbulent and calm audible vistas—an alluring balance cosily found in darker experimental electronic corners.
Eight tempered IDM structures
In rotation for several weeks, Rift‘s exploratory mixture of bubbling electronica (“Zero Gravity”) to moodier sound design elements and downtempo strains (“In The Dark”), finds Portland’s Cat Breath delivering an influx of shifting moods, tones, and drones in this proverbial sonic stew. Cohesive beat-enraptured tracks like “Through The Rift” provide ample industrial infusion as bumpy rhythmic pulsars emanate from “Breach In Airlock C.” “First Step on a New World” soars through crunchier glitch fields of wonder and awe; its floating melodic synth swirls saturated and saccharine, one of our favs. Eight tempered IDM structures and flowing ambient strands (“First Light (reprise),”) Rift reveals machined grooves tethered to turbulent and calm audible vistas—an alluring balance cosily found in darker experimental electronic corners.
Rift is available on Heterodox. [Bandcamp]
