re:mote voices

Title: Choresonic Preludes To A Dark Cycle
Artist: Soleilkraast
Label: Drone Records

Drone 65 is Choresonic Preludes To A Dark Cycle, the first release from a new French artist who records under the name Soleilkraast. The disc is black vinyl, with orange and yellow flashes radiating outward, and it comes in a plain black sleeve, which has inlays that are handmade by the artist. Both tracks have been listed as being 8 minutes and 33 seconds each, the first of which is Zoyd Kraast, which starts in a decidedly minimal fashion. Spectral sounds flitting way down in the mix for the first minute or so, gradually rising like the flashes of white spirits on the tips of rolling waves. Twittering chatter in the current, spinning upwards into ever increasing increments of audibility - a discordantly toned discharge, grinding towards noise. Washing off in the home stretch, hints of melody cast ashore. On the flip side we have the piano improvisation of Eesdaia, sparse notes plonking, winding together. A wandering piece, walking a fine line between abstract and beguilingly coherent. Building and twisting to gain a spaced out grandeur in conclusion.