The release of Trippin’ Variations via A Person Disguised as People is further evidence of Gray’s growing profile with a variety of tweakings to the original track from FC Commitments, Soft Operator, James Scott, SXXN, Stan K, Hidden Rivers, and Drummachinemike.
Tag: Downtempo
Giannis Gogos :: Light Within (Saos)
With a seamless blend of structured instrumentation and drifting passages, this ten-track suite unfolds as a collection of evolving, serene, and blurred shoegaze elements that hover just above the realm of organic surrealism.
Serge Geyzel :: Visions I Lost EP (EC Underground)
Geyzel’s signature beats twist and intertwine with drifting melodic threads, while pulsing drones create a hypnotic atmosphere, and in sum, Visions I Lost expertly delivers on all levels.
Takeo Watanabe :: Piece of My Scape (Artificial Owl Recordings)
With eleven miniatures that pulse with glitchy nuances and a downtempo heartbeat, Watanabe guides us along unexpected paths, where abstract beats, gently plucked notes, and fuzzy rhythms harmonize in an elegant dance.
Ian Boddy & Harald Grosskopf :: Doppelgänger (DiN)
A masterclass in Berlin School-inspired sequencing, immersive soundscapes, and a fusion of electronic textures that recall the golden age of 1970s synthesis while embracing modern production techniques.
LHAM :: Tertium Quid (Silentes)
Tertium Quid admits more emphasize on orchestrated cinematic grooves, chamber-pop melodicism, sampled collage, and spoken word with a clear call to be immersed in a reflective naturescape tendency, inviting the listener to be guided in a sentient vastness where shapes, time, moods, variations and colors are journeying around him.
exm :: Solar (Touched Music) — [concise]
Solar blends characteristic brittle electronic textures with smooth, precisely crafted structures and tightly wound glitch elements.
Rodrigo Passannanti :: Forgotten Worlds (Cyclical Dreams)
Forgotten Worlds lives up to its name, blending the rich, hidden depths of synthesizers with the extraordinary realms they conjure. It beckons us to explore the enigmatic, untamed heartbeat of existence itself. With layers of complexity and an all-encompassing energy, these Forgotten Worlds are treasures meant to be rediscovered, time and time again.
Survey Channel :: Functional Gloss (Self Released)
The fluid, unhurried march of time—where each second blends seamlessly into the next, constantly shifting and evolving—creates the perfect backdrop for albums like Functional Gloss by Buffalo’s Matt Donatelli, under his Survey Channel project.