Reviews of Wind Dynamic Organ, Deviations [12k2062]

Synths and electronic piano further broaden the palette, tape noise and scratches are added, tones are bent or placed in cyclical patterns.

What makes “Deviations” compelling is the way it refuses to choose sides. It’s neither purely acoustic nor fully electronic, neither documentation nor composition in the traditional sense.

The duo takes full advantage of the instrument’s exceptional qualities to create an album of floating atmospheres, a suspended mirage resembling an oasis anchored to a horizon line whose contours are blurred by a shimmering, ethereal light. Superb.

Both discs offer fascinating ways to hear the new instrument.

The album rightly bears the tag “psychedelic.” Recommended for fans of the subtle William Basinski as well as the ethereal noise artists Yellow Swans.

A 12k release that renews tradition, entrusting a concrete, earthly mysticism to the friction of the air.