Within Silent Observers, Substak examines humanity’s need for mental escapism from reality’s harshness, seeking self-reliance, connection with nature, and alignment with the inner spiritual cosmos.
Ominous, decaying, fragmentary, and dreary-darkened tones
For lovers of adventurous electronic music See Blue Audio figures among the top indie labels in terms of dedication and invitations of skilled sound artists, from promising names to confirmed ones. Their catalog marries alluring minimal grooves with aerial soundscapes and experimental resonance. Substak (aka Kostas Staikos) is a new comer to See Blue Audio but already an accomplished sound producer judging by the number of releases published for various micro-labels around with a fancy for challenging ,beat-laden electronics, but also soothing atmospherics.
Within Silent Observers, Substak examines humanity’s need for mental escapism from reality’s harshness, seeking self-reliance, connection with nature, and alignment with the inner spiritual cosmos. This whole unobtrusive and textured ambient soundtrack is in search of primordial resonances and ethical asceticism, sensitive to micro-details and slow-moving ambiences which are palpable through a reflective listening. Behind the pure drone-centric sounds and static waves, evolving through clouds of trembling noisy effects, an almost hauntological expression is added to the tracks.
The musical signature oscillates between a feeling of drifting lonely isolationism, quiet ascending dreaminess, and elusive ghostly flavors. Ominous, decaying, fragmentary, and dreary-darkened tones beautifully emanate from the whole tapestry of sonic sounds. Crafted with spleen-like emotions for looped technics this album is a poetical bliss for the ears. Immediate, grieving and existential. One new personal favorite from the always surprising See Blue Audio and recommended for fans of binaural space influx and textured minimal gravity from Selaxon Lutberg, Celer, Thme, farewell, alaska, J. Carter, Benoît Pioulard, and Viul.
Silent Observers is available on Sea Blue Audio. [Bandcamp]
