Slowdive’s Simon Scott swallows us whole with the majestic Insomni, his debut for Ash International.
As the album title implies, this album deals with sleep, or a lack of it, and most particularly the liminal spaces between light/dark, waking/dreams, and natural/noumenal realms. In Scott’s own words “Couldn’t sleep…; arose to forage for sound.
The hum of the fridge encouraged further investigation of hidden, domestic sounds; the fish tank, dvd player, a broken laptop…; Dawn and morning light allowed more sound and the guitar, in its case, beckoned…; From darkness to light…” And thus unfolds a 40 minute inward/outward journey, diffusing guitars, Buddha Machine and location recordings thru Max MSP, Supercollider and LogicPro to render a nebulous, dynamic…
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…sound field seamelessly strung between sheeting shoegaze and blistering ambience contrasting sharply with relatively shocking pockets and planes of naked acoustic guitar.