A New Line (Related) - A Quarterly Update On The Sadness [Sound In Silence 118]
Coming in from the Greek Ambient and beyond staple that is the Sound In Silence label only recently is "A Quarterly Update On The Sadness", the December 5th, 2k24 released album by A New Line (Related) which marks the latest solo outing by multi-active producer Andrew Johnson. With his first longplayer conceived for the label Johnson serves an offering of eight tracks rolled out over the course of roughly 39 minutes, opening with calm, comforting and rather washed out DubTechno atmospheres in "Calapsis" before progressing into an interesting set of hollow sounding percussions with his "3am Worry Sessions" which develops into a lovely, albeit oldskool'ish Minimal House tune of rather timeless qualities. The subsequent follow up that is the epicly long titled "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere In My Heart (There's A Star That Shines For You)" caters a deep and dubbed out IDM x Broken Techno crossover fragmented by rather experimental filter works whilst the "The Ballad Of Billy Kee" brings forth outerworldly rhythm signatures somehow evoking memories of classic Drill'n'Bass even though no filtered and cut up Amen breaks are present with the tune at any time and the "Only Star Loop" turns out to be a hovering, percussive and time-dissolving example of Future Tribal-informed early morning Electronica for highly advanced Balearic dancefloors. Furthermore "Lytham And Sound" harks back to tender DubTechno x Ambient Dub paired with lively, slighty Trance-inducing synth spirals and beautiful airy pads whereas the title track "A Quaterly Update On The Sadness" is an expertly crafted example of what could be described as RotterHague Electro(Techno) before "Left Tones" fully indulges in nebulous and misty Ambient Dub structures as the closing cut of what probably is the most DJ-friendly and dancefloor suitable album on Sound In Silence so far. Highly recommended.
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