At once serene and hallucinatory, Xurba captures otherworldly ambiance with an almost archaeological sense of discovery—each track an unearthed relic from a psychedelic electronic dreamscape far beyond familiar coordinates.
A weightless haven
A distilled collection of temporal echoes emerges from Will Brazier-Smith (aka Xurba), seasoned sculptor of sound, who once again coaxes uncanny sonics from his machines. The Dark Side of Customer Service, his latest transmission via Electric Studios, plunges listeners into a disorienting sonic maze—a blurred dream of drones and evanescent ambient vignettes, drifting in orbits reminiscent of FSOL’s mid-90s cosmic reach.
Each piece, loosely tethered yet seemingly born of the same spectral source, unravels into pure auditory essence. Opening with “Amnesia Dub,” an evolving wash of futuristic resonance seeps deep into hidden memory corridors. Later, environmental recordings, skewed samples, and fractured synth lines swell and mutate on “Underground,” while “I Have a Tale to Tell” radiates with sugary luminescence, gently bending reality around its tender, warbled edges.
As voices and glowing tones bloom and disperse across “The Unstated Fourth,” strange comfort arises from its unplaceable warmth. “Outerspace,” meanwhile, invites us into orbit—a weightless haven where shimmering signals and compressed sonic debris spiral in gentle disarray.
At once serene and hallucinatory, Xurba captures otherworldly ambiance with an almost archaeological sense of discovery—each track an unearthed relic from a psychedelic electronic dreamscape far beyond familiar coordinates.
The Dark Side of Customer Service is available on Electric Studios. [Bandcamp]
