envisioned as a soundtrack to the sleeping states, details and subtleties under each warm synth bed await discovery by the conscious listening mind

New Zealand based electronic visionary Rudy Adrian returns with a new collection of atmospheric soundscapes, Beyond the Sleepy Hills. Though envisioned as a soundtrack to the sleeping states, details and subtleties under each warm synth bed await discovery by the conscious listening mind. Gentle drones, atonal bells and soft piano wend and wind around textures with grace: Adrian's meticulous layers coalescing into calm. And as the album passes in a gorgeous drift, these 9 movements coalesce into a stunning whole.

Like much of his previous releases, Adrian once again draws inspiration from the natural world, proving himself a master of sonic mise-en-scène. On Track 3, textures shimmer like sun-dappled branches as subtle chimes evoke birdcalls in the distance. Track 4 paints a nighttime scene; bright bells as the cloud-covered moon, the low drone of the wind, a burbling stream winding below. Track 8 is subtly symphonic as warm chords of swelling strings ebb and flow like the tides.

Beyond the Sleepy Hills is calm without being cloying; it soothes the listener not with visions of some imagined paradise, but of familiar habitat. Memories unearthed in these compositions: sitting by a tree in evening, the bark warm and rough against your back; a walk through wind-tossed branches, insects flitting across the path; the ocean, not quite still, unending. All this, as we resolve to let go of worldly events and succumb once again to sleep.

Track Listing

• The Sleepy Hills 1
• The Sleepy Hills 2
• The Sleepy Hills 3
• The Sleepy Hills 4
• The Sleepy Hills 5
• The Sleepy Hills 6
• The Sleepy Hills 7
• The Sleepy Hills 8
• The Sleepy Hills 9

Additional Details

Label: Spotted Peccary Music

Genre: Ambient/Experimental

Run Time: 60:11 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 12/03/24

UPC: 600028260723