Another fresh album put out on the circuit via the ever expanding Greek label Sound In Silence on February 10th, 2k25 is "Time Is Ignorance", a six tracks and roughly 50 minutes spanning longplay affair cooked up by Leeds-based composer x artist Gareth S. Brown who's introducing his latest solo project with this one working under the artistic nom de guerre that is Death-Static. Aiming to capture the '...hopeless melancholy of the New Age movement...' according to the accompanying press release this solely hardware-focused project opens with "Final", presenting an ever repeating, yet slightly meandering set of minimalist melodic loops and sine modulations of analogue nature which, carefully layered as they are, over time provide a deeply comforting and soothing organic vibe, inducing a shift into a dream state of sorts with every new layer whereas the subsequent "Reentry" caters an emotionally touching ebb and flow of deeply felt Ambient melancholia followed by the floating harmonics of "Delay" which, in their solemn form, are evoking memories of church organs and introspective music for masses with what seems to be a chiming xylophone or piano adding a surprising Pop Ambient layer towards the tunes very end. Furthermore we see "Return" diving deep into almost Modern Classical-leaning solo Piano Ambient excursions whilst "Latent Body" seems to be based on a Field Recording of a huge swarm of tiny buzzing insects paired with calm and slow moving pads alongside occasional piano tones buried deep within the mix before "Ready" waves goodbye on a vintage note, coupling sustained harmonies with a simple chiming three tone motif to create the most nocturnal Deep Listening Music to be found on this album. A lovely listening experience, this.
Album artwork on Instagram!
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