With a seamless blend of fluidity and expansiveness, Ocean of Space channels raw machine soul through textured rhythms and vivid melodic fragments.
The essence of acid electro, breaks, and bass
Paul Hammock, known in sonic circles as Cignol, distills the essence of acid electro, breaks, and bass into a sleek, immersive suite of six tracks that form Ocean of Space. With a seamless blend of fluidity and expansiveness, the EP channels raw machine soul through textured rhythms and vivid melodic fragments. Robotic timbres and swift vocoder inflections dance across the surface, while shimmering 303 spirals, mechanical grooves, and echoes of Detroit techno drift just beneath. It’s a voyage through retro-futurism—where pulsing blips and bleeps nod to the past, refracted through a shimmering, forward-facing lens.
Ocean of Space is available on Who is Paula June 20, 2025. [Bandcamp]
