As the album drifts forward, its movements are less like crafted compositions and more like habitats forming in slow-motion, shaped by unseen ghostly machinery. Textures emerge, recede, and reappear in altered states...
Drealisions is an immersive work that does not chase spectacle. It builds a world and invites you to inhabit it. Each return reveals new spaces and new emotional threads. It stands as a significant ambient centered electronic statement within the Bricolage catalogue...
Across all three tracks, Analept demonstrates remarkable command of texture, rhythm, and melodic nuance. Though brief, the EP leaves a profound impression: it whets the appetite for more, showcasing the artist as a singularly gifted voice in contemporary IDM.
The field recordings and gentle instrumentation are the dusted corners of Alexander’s home, revisited after years away. Every sound is treated with reverence, as though afraid to disturb the ghosts of autumn days and half-forgotten laughter.
Wilks pulls from across the electronic spectrum, including IDM, ambient, electronica, and occasional flashes of drum-and-bass, but he doesn’t merely blend genres. He extracts their essences, the essential oils of rhythm, tone, and texture, and distills them...
To attempt a metaphor: Hidden Sanctuary is like exploring a half-lit cathedral at dusk. The shafts of light (synth leads, strings, vocal swells) guide you through arches and corridors; sometimes one is suspended in a vast nave of sound
The open, airy arrangements paired with melodic simplicity allow listeners to imagine wide fields and foggy landscapes
Each track breathes, unfolding deliberately, and the result is a work of masterful sound design set within a gorgeous, immersive sonic landscape.
Croke and Hackett prove themselves a formidable duo, crafting grooves that feel both meticulously produced and effortlessly cool.
