Cognition Delay provides a surplus of drifting organic molecules of dust and debris where the listener never quite knows what will happen next.
A mysterious and captivating sonic soup
Released in May 2022, Cognition Delay (aka US artist Jeremy Rice of Abdicant, Curious Inversions and UK artist Paul Alexander of Pandacetamol, Fluffy Inside) collaborated on Strange Sedatives where smoldering ambient undertones meld with electronica tinges. The mid-90s IDM aura that reveals itself is plentiful as downtempo strains flutter about acid washes. This release should have received more recognition—it’s calming backdrop may be deceiving, and yet if you let it sink in, minimal techno elements slide across synthesizer streams and atmospheric data bursts. It’s a mysterious and captivating sonic soup.
The darker tones and noise collages tend to intermix; voices drift into and out of focus, and acidic rhythms blend with sporadic beat patches where Plastikman, Vapourspace, and The Orb parallels aren’t too far away. Cognition Delay provides a surplus of drifting organic molecules of dust and debris where the listener never quite knows what will happen next. Could it be ambient techno, abstract electronica, fuzzy synth noodling, or plain and simple music to bend the mind? It’s all of the above and more; creating its own definitive groove, gliding in the shadows. An album that continues to unravel itself with each listen; a strange sedative, indeed.
Strange Sedatives is available on Rednetic. [Bandcamp]
