The sonic debris fading in the background, its gentle aural fluctuation, soothing sound palette, and gentle demeanor leaves us grasping for more, pressing repeat—only to lose ourselves in these saccharine pitter-patter tunes.
Sonic debris fading in the background
We’ve become accustomed to clocolan venturing through Boards Of Canada-infused terrain, and yet keeping a unique sound where “detail and beauty of the textures is outstanding.” Here we find the Providence, Rhode Island-based musician exploring a new route, “centering the sound on FM and analog synthesis (Yamaha TX81Z and Roland Alpha Juno 2) and using plugins sparingly.”
With “distilled tonality,” as the artist puts it, there’s a simplicity surrounding op+errata that can’t be ignored. When tracks like “hyster:eSYS” unfold tranquilized tones and emotive drones, the calm tucked between each note allows breathing room. As this calm continues to unravel, clocolan delivers maximum impact with seemingly minimal impulses. “taurys” drifts like a distant Solvent synth interlude where delicate bubbles loop into and out of focus as “still.arc” vanishes through microscopic ambient swells and “NaN” is practically invisible—a sweet entity of dusty echoes.
17 tracks in all, the sonic debris fading in the background, its gentle aural fluctuation, soothing sound palette (ref. “ech_0.ports”), and gentle demeanor leaves us grasping for more, pressing repeat—only to lose ourselves in these saccharine pitter-patter tunes.
op+errata is available on Redpan December 16, 2021 as MiniDics/DL. [Bandcamp]
