Blending gentle distortion and melodies across two tracks and through a network of feedback, Around Me, Somehow elevates subtle texture to a status of beauty alongside rich ambient instrumentation.
Field recordings, processed and stripped of their context, are looped and run in anxious pulses, weaving deftly around the melodic pillars of Around Me, Somehow, never coming to rest.
Chords emerge from this abstract bed of sound, imposing structure and pressing down with a slow emotional force. Patterns and melodies repeat and build in intensity then fall away. Threads of sound that reach out, offering catharsis but leaving the listener restless.
Hinting at a memory before washing it away.
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released June 29, 2019
Composed, produced and mastered by Ryan Ambridge
Photography by Oliver Westlake
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