Cast, his third full-length release, similarly interrogates electronica’s familiar sonics-propulsive synths, coltish piano progressions, reverberating percussion-but blends them with spoken word and hypnotic loops to cinematic effect. On his 2017 EP Detroit, MI 1997-2001, he took inspiration from techno’s burst into the mainstream, paying homage to its founders and hometown heroes while stripping the genre’s calling cards for parts. Heathered PearlsĪs Heathered Pearls, Jakub Alexander explores the murkier, moodier side of electronic music, the timbres swallowed by bass-heavy sound systems of the club but perfectly designed for solo consumption.
There’s his trademark intensity, as on the chromatic sheen of its title track and sharp synths that seem to cut like glass through “For You There Is No Time.” But “Hazed” shows a gentler side of Myson, one that finds a relaxed brightness in the afterglow of his IDM inclinations. And rather than being stymied by exhaustion, Myson seems invigorated, releasing some cutting-room takes from Outland as Dream Boundary in August, and now self-releasing Seraph, an EP of outtakes from those two records. Outland, which Planet Mu released in May, embodies the bleary-eyed intensity of its environs: Late nights and early mornings spent sleep-deprived and isolated, caring for his newborn. Ana Roxanneīrighton’s Alan Myson, who releases music as Ital Tek, thrives off a dynamic of tension and release: His 2019 album Bodied captured the intensity of his score for the sci-fi video game Laser League, while his multiple 2020 follow-ups have expanded on that ambient anxiety with new depth and focus. Like the Eurorack modular synths used in its creation, Hill, Flower, Fog operates with a calming repetition while allowing for moments of spontaneity, elevating the slow pacing of a daily routine into a dream-like sequence. Its compact, guileless melodies are fitting as gentle hymns for an isolated winter ahead “Moon View” constructs small, upbeat motifs “Woven,” by contrast, is starkly contemplative, layering rumbling bass notes beneath a meandering flute-like tone that seems to divide and multiply into ricocheting beats. A resequenced, expanded edition received a new release in November from RVNG Intl., and its twinkling, pulsing synths resonate as deeply as ever. Initially recorded and released in March at the beginning of a global shutdown, Hill, Flower, Fog is a gently warbling and almost luminescent solo release from Florist’s Emily A.
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