You know it when you hear it...
The album thread has me going back over Amber for the first time in a while and realising just how strangely familiar and dreamlike the whole thing is. It's probably not my favourite of theirs (Autechre), but it's the only one that really has this quality for me. It sounds like floating in space or sitting in an empty room on a very low dose of mushrooms, everything's kind of off but in a neutral way.
The closest thing I can think of in terms of feel is SAW Vol. II or the shots of the Nostromo hanging in space in Alien, there's just something in the pads and synths that projects you into this massive, empty, indifferent and oddly familiar place.
These three in particular come to mind:
The album thread has me going back over Amber for the first time in a while and realising just how strangely familiar and dreamlike the whole thing is. It's probably not my favourite of theirs (Autechre), but it's the only one that really has this quality for me. It sounds like floating in space or sitting in an empty room on a very low dose of mushrooms, everything's kind of off but in a neutral way.
The closest thing I can think of in terms of feel is SAW Vol. II or the shots of the Nostromo hanging in space in Alien, there's just something in the pads and synths that projects you into this massive, empty, indifferent and oddly familiar place.
These three in particular come to mind:
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