HITORI TORI’s Conflated Narratives channels tranquilized glitch and elongated electroacoustic drift into a meticulous, otherworldly suite where fractured rhythms and microscopic detail reward deep, repeated listening.
Restrained momentum
Tranquilized, elongated, and contorted electrical flutter and glitch permeate Conflated Narratives, a six-piece transmission from HITORI TORI that blankets microscopic sound with refined sonic outliers. This is a level of engagement expected from a gifted soundsmith, with opener “Failing Upwards” mapping that ascent through fractured circuitry and restrained momentum.
Ambient sound design and shadowed rhythmic impulses reframe “Age Responsibly” and “Triaf,” where incisive beats skitter between braindance motion and esoteric drone fields. These pieces feel calibrated for nonhuman listeners; “Unfared Sunds” casts erratic drill-and-glitch silhouettes, while “Mindful of Fall” reveals industrial ambient mechanics unfolding with deliberate precision.
It feels as though HITORI TORI draws energy from distant cosmic margins. “Coahel Refixed” slips free of temporal gravity, striking with understated percussion and compressed data debris, while the Autechre-tinged “Nouve” dismantles its pulse into nervy fragments. Closing chapter “Teale Floes” drifts through vintage electroacoustic traces and low-lit ambient currents.
Another unsurprising abstract modulation of considerable intensity, this release rewards repeated immersion as its finer details gradually surface.
Conflated Narratives is available on Evel. [Bandcamp]
