“Arty-Proggy combo of dense keyboards and spiky guitar figures”
Glitching through the static: Dino DiMuro finally unleashes ELMWOOD, a head-trippy avant-rock concept album pulled from the archives after 20 years, while Song for a Gorgeous Blonde launches a glitchy synth excursion evoking retro rockets and control panels, and Ingrid 2 teeters on LoFi piano and backward guitars in celebration of Swedish icon Ingrid Bergman. Chris of Wilderness - War Horny cruises through the apocalypse with paranoid electronics and burning poetics exploring eros and thanatos, while Celeste Noxx descends into dark ambient drone and ancestral hauntings on Plague, asking whether you'll conquer the beast or become its feast.
“Arcane Synthetic is conceptually driven by a central protagonist, through the means of time travel, reporting back on the human condition.”
“Experimental electronic music from the highlands of China, blending glitch, IDM, and atmospheric textures.”
“The title means Distant Fortunes, and this heavily orchestrated track envisions both the hopefulness and trepidation of peering too far into the future.”