A new work by Wyndel Hunt, who has previously released on this label, both solo and in collaboration with Thom Heileson. Unlike before we now get to know what he uses: Ableton live, Reason 2.5, Casio MT-520 and a guitar. When I called this ‘computerized blissful drones’ in Vital Weekly 577, I wasn’t off the mark. This is what he did, and still does. In the eight pieces here he creates a form of drone music that is ‘louder’, more ‘present’ than many of his peers. Sounds swell and decay like all good drone music, but it seems he needs less time to do so than many others. The music is fuzzy, like a shoegazing form of laptop music. In such cases I am supposed to say that its a pity there hasn’t been much progress since the previous release, but its also not a matter of over-production I guess, which is also a nice thing. Its fine to have music that is away the typical ambient glitch sound (that is sometimes also loudly present in this label’s catalogue) and is something of his own. Again the pieces that are more collage like are a bit stronger, but I must say that throughout this is a highly pleasant work.
– Frans de Waard