Ochre - Edamame (2016)
Here’s a different kind of “chill” than yesterday’s Photosynthesis record.
The beats here are programmed, not organic, and tend to be steady affairs rather than skittering and shifting. That just adds to the overall effect of the calm, intentional construction of each soundspace. Every track is its own small world, similar to the last but distinct from it, like an open-world game. You can get lost in one track for as long as you like, or just let it play on and continue your journey.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that this is another excellent release from Loci Records, the all-downtempo-elctroacoustic label founded by Doug Appling (aka Emancipator) and home to a huge number of releases that fit my brain chemistry in Tetris piece fashion. They don’t pay me to shill for them. I just love a huge amount of Loci’s catalog.
