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beautiful burbling stuttering synth journey with depth-of-field and lots of texture. gradually reaches transcendent moments with aid of clacking percussion. while meditative, tactful tears in the fabric resist passive listening; the two pieces reward active listening. great headphone music for another insane year.
Longform electronic music indebted to minimal techno, classical drone, "In a Silent Way", ambient noise, glitch, post-rock, new age, Afrobeat, American primitive, space rock, and movie scores.
An album about losing people and losing dogs, and about the people and dogs that are still here.
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Written, programmed, and mixed by Tom Whalen
June 2020 - December 2021
on Audiotool
using an Acer Aspire 5
at home with dog at feet
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For fans of Gas, Stars of the Lid, Supersilent, Tortoise, Mike Oldfield, Fennesz, The Field, fusion-era Miles Davis, The Necks, Popul Vuh, Black Dice, Beatrice Dillon, William Basinski, Can, Earth, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Julia Holter, Tangerine Dream, Blanck Mass, Tim Hecker, Demdike Stare, Mark McGuire, Oval, Burial, Mary Latimorre, John Fahey, Floating Points, ECM, Windham Hill, Kompakt, Kranky.
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credits
released January 28, 2022
mastered by Kevin McMahon at Marcata Recording
cover by Ryan Williams at A Subtle Difference Design
undulating contours manipulates field recordings and sets them in new contexts—against mirage-like melodies that amplify their surrealness. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 21, 2021
The one and only release from Maryland duo Circus Underwater is a Rosetta Stone for ambient music, dub techno, electronica and beyond. Bandcamp Album of the Day Sep 19, 2023