Ashan - Transfigurations
There is pressure on this planet. At sea level the pressure is 101.325 kilopascals or one atmosphere. In everyday life, the weight of one atmosphere goes unnoticed. The human body has evolved to be comfortable in this environment. Just a little deeper than ten meters underwater, the experience will be equivalent to two atmospheres. A heaviness similar to these new sounds by Ashan. Sonic tranquility pacifying thoughts, something listeners gravitate to and hold special. This is the ambient one atmosphere. But here is the connection, these sounds compress upon the consciousness. Not in the sense of an onus weight, more of a focused force, causing the mind to seek deeper meanings.
Transfigurations is six tracks divided through forty five minutes. These selections set the listener far into open oceans, fifteen meters down with full sunlight exposing the expansiveness. The weightlessness holding complete serenity like a child in supportive arms. Sounds traveling from distant origins arriving like swells in the consciousness. The length between sets stemming from a fortitude of patience. Ashan's Transfigurations is the first release since last years Far Drift Afield. This was also on Inner Islands and described on Lost in a Sea of Sound here. The most noticeable change between these compositions is Transfiguration's more subdued approach. Both are beautiful tranquil ambient thought companions, but Transfigurations seems to sway with sonic motion. A little slower paced, a cosmic beauty that does not seem to move but is always changing.
As noted, this is an Inner Islands release in their late summer batch. These cassettes are in a limited run of seventy, available from the label's bandcamp page. Inner Islands is also offering this release bundled with last year Far Drift Afield. These two release are also referred to as parts one and two of the Drifters Series by Ashan.
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Inner Islands site - bandcamp - facebook
Ashan site - bandcamp - facebook
Transfigurations is six tracks divided through forty five minutes. These selections set the listener far into open oceans, fifteen meters down with full sunlight exposing the expansiveness. The weightlessness holding complete serenity like a child in supportive arms. Sounds traveling from distant origins arriving like swells in the consciousness. The length between sets stemming from a fortitude of patience. Ashan's Transfigurations is the first release since last years Far Drift Afield. This was also on Inner Islands and described on Lost in a Sea of Sound here. The most noticeable change between these compositions is Transfiguration's more subdued approach. Both are beautiful tranquil ambient thought companions, but Transfigurations seems to sway with sonic motion. A little slower paced, a cosmic beauty that does not seem to move but is always changing.
As noted, this is an Inner Islands release in their late summer batch. These cassettes are in a limited run of seventy, available from the label's bandcamp page. Inner Islands is also offering this release bundled with last year Far Drift Afield. These two release are also referred to as parts one and two of the Drifters Series by Ashan.
Inner Islands site - bandcamp - facebook
Ashan site - bandcamp - facebook
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