Guitar flickers intertwine with delicate synth tones and drones on My Own Island. It’s a creative surplus of dense yet minimalist extractions that call out to nature; an organic overflow of simplicity.
Coming to life, capturing our senses
OdNu’s My Own Island (following-up from 2021’s Expansive Nothingness, also on Audiobulb) opens with tranquility and utter finesse via “Long Ago;” ambient bubbles burst, subdued found sounds, effervescent clicks, and instrumental threads take us into relaxed and wide open landscapes. The Buenos Aires and Hudson, NY-based audio exploration dives into an “immersive music realm” and his first Dolby Atmos album. As the release unravels, it’s clear that these micro-shoegazed moments (“Remote Controlled Human,” “Ice Covered,” and “Exhausted” ) introduce elongated guitar strands and blurred voices—courtesy of idiiom—deep down in the mix. Coming to life, capturing our senses, and massaging nostalgic memories as shuffled notes drift in front of our eyes. The title track timidly provides textured beat patches way off in the background, as those fleeting voices call back to us again.
Guitar flickers intertwine with delicate synth tones and drones on My Own Island. It’s a creative surplus of dense yet minimalist extractions that call out to nature; an organic overflow of simplicity. Rendered blips and disheveled bleeps recall times gone by as emotive soundscapes compliment any mood. Ultimately, OdNu designs unique aural vistas we’ve yet to discover, and the voyage getting there is simply sublime. If “Plant a Plant” doesn’t lift your soul or shift your focus, we’re not sure what will.
My Own Island is available on Audiobulb. [Bandcamp | Site]
