Former Selv "Crimson Plateau" Ambient Music Chill Out Experimental Drone Chillout IDM Shoegaze

Описание: Former Selv's 21st anniversary, remastered edition of his first (demo) album titled "Wandering In A World Without Gravity" crafts an immersive journey full of motion and color within layers of ambient frequencies and leftfield beats while casting soundscapes that blur the boundaries between melody and texture.

"Endless Passage" greets listeners with atmospheric layers that slowly unfold, evoking a sense of floating in between spaces while you wander through a melancholic, dreamlike landscape. As the album progresses, songs like “Forbidden Peak”, “Forest Vox”, "Whydoido", and "Noctavia's Lance" offer a fusion of fragmented percussion and ethereal pads as each song unfolds. What really stands out is the emotive depth of the album. While much of it is ambient and abstract, there’s an underlying emotional current, as if Former Selv is translating something deeply personal through these aural experiments. "Nüv", for example, is a psychoacoustic and drone-oriented craftscape that emanates a primal instinct to go forth and wander in a world without gravity. "Crimson Plateau" was originally recorded in 1992 using a homemade electric guitar, effects, and an analog 4-track cassette recorder to create this spacious song that emits rays of majestic wonder. "Machine Green" was manifested from a multitude of field samplings and contact microphones recorded from all areas within the Seattle city limits to create this beat-driven tune. The album closes with “Monki’s Tear,” which was a hidden track on the original (demo) release, is a morose meditation that’s like a sorrowful goodbye set to waxing and waning distorted tones that allow the release to come full circle.

Despite its experimental leanings, the album maintains a cohesive flow. Former Selv balances moments of dissonance with passages of pure, meditative calm from memories of past lives. Wandering In A World Without Gravity conveys dramatic sonic extremes in tracks whose technical sophistication doesn’t come at the expense of potent emotional depth and is not just for fans of ambient music but for anyone looking to explore how sound can shape emotion and space. Former Selv's latest offering is a beautiful, challenging, and thought-provoking album that showcases his mastery of mood and texture in the realm of experimental beat music.

Written & Produced by Jerry Abstract
Artwork by Jerry Abstract
Mastered by Eric Hinchman for EQUALRECORDINGS.COM (ASCAP)

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