The result is consistent, intriguing and always emotionally pleasant with delicately wistful sparks of light and obscured melodies.
An album of subtle beauty
With a highly regarded career welcomed by solid indie labels around in the advanced (post) ambient music field (Home Normal, n5MD) the sound artist Jason van Wyk is back with a new spellbinding album which places him among leading musical personalities of n5MD with Gimmik, bvdub and a few other distinctive projects. This effort includes the usual van Wyk signature and sonorous ranges with meticulous explorations of tone colors, spectral morphologies, and discreet hypno-ish pulsating grooves.
The result is consistent, intriguing, and always emotionally pleasant, with delicately wistful sparks of light and obscured melodies. Introspective states based on looped techniques and shimmering harmonies are put to the fore, sometimes admitting mesmerizing moments with detached acoustic notes which escape from the abundant sonic textures. Melancholy, meditatively inspired visions of sorrow and nostalgia punctuate the sensitive quality of the album. This is accessible ambient music which explores hazy sonic fields and can easily seduce fans of Tape Loop Orchestra, Richard Skelton, Eluvium, Offthesky at the peak of their eerily fixated minimalist style and reverb-soaked drones. An album of subtle beauty.
Descendants is available on n5MD. [Site | Bandcamp]
