In Rotation: Pilotpriest, Cascading Slopes, The Green Kingdom, Tim Story & CFCF (Review)
Cinematic electronic music, Quaker-influenced synthpop, spacious ambient dub, atmospheric chamber music, and exotic instrumentals.
In Rotation is a regular Opus feature where I post short reviews of noteworthy music, both new and old, that I’ve been listening to lately.
W/W/D/K/F by Pilotpriest (Review)
Haunting, dark, epic, and danceable. Recommended for fans of Makeup & Vanity Set and Daft Punk.
Towards a Quaker View of Synthesizers by Cascading Slopes (Review)
These dozen songs possess an emotional heft that one doesn’t always associate with the synth-pop genre.
Vapor Sequences by The Green Kingdom (Review)
Nearly beatless ambient dub that drift around the listener with nary any resistance.
Beguiled by Tim Story (Review)
Easily one of the best and most sublime releases I’ve ever heard from the Hearts of Space label.
“Rain Dance” by CFCF
Ever since last year’s Outsiders EP, I’ve been waiting to hear more of CFCF’s lush, world music-inflected music. On August 14th, Mike Silver (the man behind the CFCF moniker) will release The Colours of Life, a single 40-minute piece broken up into twelve movements. “Rain Dance” is the fourth movement, and its rolling piano lines, fretless bass, trilling flutes, and shifting layers of percussion find Silver diving even deeper into the exotic sonic world he explored on Outsiders.
Sadly, “Rain Dance” is just under four minutes, leaving me wanting so much more. August can’t come soon enough.
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