fernand – New Quantum-profundis-133

“133-a” begins the release, with a fade-in of some noise (both tonal and not) crashing like waves while a synth-brass patch plays some melodies. The noise and brass interact, creating on one hand chaotic noise, and a sense of relative order with the brass. The brass, however, is playing atonally, and the sound of synth strings with various effects on them, as well as pitch slides, can be heard fomenting in the left side of the mix, just as the atonal brass is fomenting in the right side of the mix. The left side swells, and responds to the right and vice-versa. After a while on the right side there is a lot of pitch sliding, and then relative silence in both sides, except for a distorted synth. The sound restarts after a bit briefly, as a few notes and pitch slides occur in the right side, and then the track fades out and ends.

“133-b” begins with alternating pitches being played at various frequencies, as if suspended in the air. Chaotic xylophone samples can be heard, playing in seemingly random fashion and time. The alternating pitch plays at a speed which creates a sense of great tension as the volume increases more and more. This tension is sustained for a time, and then what sounds like a harmonium or accordion being played backwards can be heard. There is a pitch slide on the alternating pitches as a new instance of them is invoked on top of the already existing instances. The pitches foment, and then a few synth chords are played. There is a pitch slide of an instrument of some sort, and then the track ends.

“133-c” starts with a fade-in, featuring tones with rich harmonic content being played at various frequencies and speeds. This situation develops, and more complex loops of tones are brought into the fray. The sound continues to evolve, with the lower end on the right side of the mix sounding a bit like bell tones. The tones become a little higher, then quite a bit lower, and are quite layered. The left side fades out, and then the right side starts fading out very slowly as well.

“133-d” begins with the sound of something being shook, and there is some noise that is pitch modulated on the right side. There are choir-oohs on the left, then rich synth-saws can be heard in a repeating pattern on the left. Some noise being played backwards can be heard on the right. The synth-saws start playing at a lower frequency, and there is the sound of what sounds like really fast wind chimes. There is a swelling of the sounds, and then an extremely long fade-out, ending the track and album.

(https://fernand1.bandcamp.com/album/new-quantum-profundis-133, Name Your Price for digital)

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