Bastian Void & Errant Space – Bastian Void & Errant Space

In-scale sequences of synth tones play, and make way for a pulse-wave-containing patch which plays a melancholic melody. The sequenced notes play more chaotically, and guitar plays a chain of melodies which are obscured by the sequences of notes on one of the synthesizers. The sequences are pitch modulated for a bit, then the notes go back to the manner they had occupied previously. Pulse-wave melodies snake their way through the sequences, playing for a small time and then making way for a guitar that plays sparse jazz arpeggios.

Then, along with the guitar, a sparkly synth with a delay effect on it plays dreamy arpeggios, taking the forefront. The guitar becomes a little more prominent, but the focus belongs to the delayed synth for this time, until the guitar plays a few notes a little louder.

Then, the sequences of synth tones become less frequent, and distorted by a large amount of chorus, still accompanied by the guitar, which slows down in turn. After this, a synth with a two-note delay plays slowly, its notes occasionally modulated by octaves or pitch-slides. Then the guitar plays melodies to a progression of synthesizer pad.

There are some intimations of another synthesizer playing as the guitar plays slow arpeggios. A synth plays the same chord in a medium-length stab followed by several rests over the rest of the music. Notes are pitch-modulated. The guitar plays fast arpeggios over a synth playing strange arpeggios of its own.

The sound of the synthesizer is that of sequences of interrupted notes. The guitar plays slowly, then plays with a delay effect on it. Sequences of cascading synth tones are contrasted with the chopped sound of the other synthesizer and the guitar. The guitar seems to play a different sort of melody, but then its sound seems halted and chopped like the synthesizer.

A short square wave synthesizer begins playing stabs at melody, accompanied by the cascading synths which have by now taken on a more watery timbre. The synth takes on an organ tone and starts playing more conventional sequences. As another horn-like synth plays soft, slow melodies, the sequences wind down but do not stop entirely. Then a low tone plays, and synth arps come in, modulated by a filter sweep.

The sequences of notes have an obvious delay effect on them and little stabs at melody echo on and on. Eventually, the guitar starts playing little melodies. The melodies from the delayed synthesizer play on a different patch and become more developed. A guitar plays with a synth that is modulating its pitch very quickly. The delayed synth plays a little higher. Then back to its normal mode within the last several minutes. Then, the music begins fading out over the course of over a minute, and the album is over.

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