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Beneath untold layers of cyclic chirps, bleeps, tones and melodies, (i)haust possiblex emits faintly fluttering flutey electronics, backed by very light
rhythmic effects. Mid-tempo drumming and cymbal spatters are stirred in with the sliced and diced soundwaves of daubwelnd, a low-key-yet-zesty mixture coursing with a low frequency melody and dancing high tones. enreliasion is alive with softly active, yet quiet, keyboarding and deep beats; another engagingly swirling miasma of electrons.
There's something contemplative yet befuddled about elmergooze... The track is more discordant with soft, though untuned, notes causing a semi-spooky disorientation, then peppered with a fair amount of wet, churning grit. Several relatively straightforward (and quite pretty) piano arrangements are stratified, then juxtaposed by a roughly rippling texture in a tulip sent, Sheffield's lovely gift to his family. The busy, atonal progressions and electro-wafts of smp2 are layered over rapid, sibilant cymbalism, then topped with an aimless tune which could be "the kooky robot theme" or something...
Pronounced beats bolster wailstag; its underside consists of a lush bed of electrohaze intertwined with wandering synth burbles and its center is permeated by steadily pattering syncopation; a magical, beautiful interplay of elements.
Dispassionate, though fuzzy, the muffled, off-kilter notes of q9
semi-randomly blurp in a cut-up, windchime-like fashion.
Drummier and bassier, though still dreamy, selphaing (3:19) takes a minor assault by clanking, echoey e-beats against a pulsing, almost-organic backdrop, which contains many layers of not-immediately-perceptible activity, including Sheffield's machine-voiced rap.
Even more "groove" occurs within peripheral activity though above the growling, bubbling synth riff, it's still fundamentally a quiet piece. Swiftly shuffling rhythms additionally stir beneath its surface...
The most purely "ambient" piece, (just a) departure thrums with
quiet harmonica swells, which sometimes spark into a louder profusion, but mostly just simmer alongside hushed keyboard excursions. Talk about ending on a high note... distant percussive thunder pounds closer in the disc closer, nice sink (7:39); several shimmering layers twist and float between cascading beats and effervescent burbles. Absolutely gorgeous!
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