While it feels like the composition is less architectural than on Outland, this freedom gives this new batch of tunes a sense of aeration, effortlessness, as they shift from one part to the next, almost like a small aural lifeform, organically on the move.
An expert in beautiful, visceral musical journeys
In a now-classic move in electronic territories, Ital Tek released an EP on Planet Mu which collects some tracks composed while he was working on Outland, an album we very favourably reviewed on Igloo (and if you haven’t listened to it yet, you really should). As one would expect from these production circumstances, this bundle of five tracks sounds fresh and raw in just the right ways.
The music on Outland had this feeling of something monumental, spectral even at times. It carried heft. Here on Dream Boundary, the arrangements are toned down and reduced to essential components, with always an emphasis on pads and textures evolving on top of no-nonsense drums. This direct approach, palpable throughout the EP, is heard like a mission statement in the first song, “Deletion Quarter,” when the listener is immediately grabbed by the insistent repetition of that fat, distorted synth note with nothing but silence in between. Ital Tek often plays with more aggressive, less consensual sound design on Dream Boundary, which is partly why these tracks fit well together. While it feels like the composition is less architectural than on Outland, this freedom gives this new batch of tunes a sense of aeration, effortlessness, as they shift from one part to the next, almost like a small aural lifeform, organically on the move.
We’ve been through a lot of tough shit recently, but this is a very good year for Ital Tek, and therefore, for us. He has become an expert in beautiful, visceral musical journeys.
Dream Boundary is available on Planet Mu. [Bandcamp | Release page]
