Modern Lamps / Motion Sickness of Time Travel - Cutlass Obscura / Extrasolarity

A long time has passed since listening to a new Hooker Vision cassette. Years of pause in releases from the label started before Lost in a Sea of Sound was created and has taken until now to become synchronous. And from the thought of synchronicity, the Cutlass Obscura / Extrasolarity cassettes were happened upon while they were available in limited numbers, they sold out in minutes after first glance. And in the few minutes copies could be purchased, there was a whisper echoing in thoughts and the process to order a physical copy was initiated. Two forty five minute-ish side long tracks, one by Modern Lamps and the flip by Motion Sickness of Time Travel.
 
The Modern Lamps composition is a slow burner gaining and shedding sonic details throughout the course. The sounds are reminiscent of Jake Webster's Tuluum Shimmering pieces, but Modern Lamps has it's own unique approach. Grant Evans, the solo source behind Modern Lamps finds musical harmonies in long drone like rhythms. Unlike Tuluum Shimmering, Grant Evans direction is not a slow builder. Modern Lamps floats between the peaks, traveling down a beautiful valley. Gentle fluctuations gaining aural altitude, then meandering like the tributary creek following bellow. Cutlass Obscura is detailed mesmerizing tranquility. Splendid from start to finish. 
 
Motion Sickness of Time Travel is the long time project of Rachel Evans. Her project held the spot for the last release in 2014 on Hooker Vision and holds position for the labels return in 2021 with this split cassette. Unlike Modern Lamps there was no lengthy hiatus, Motion Sickness of Time Travel has been steadily releasing compositions, both self released and on the Adversary label out of Georgia. Rachel Evans newest side Extrasolarity is a futuristic synthesizer thought smelter. Her sounds dance like sunlit sparkles on the gentle turbulence of water's expanse. We daydream with thoughts moving across the horizon. Meditate in wonder for all that enters our field of view, with imagination for everything just beyond.
 
As mentioned, released on Hooker Vision after a long pause in production. This was a really limited run of only twenty two and four different versions. The one used for this description is one of six large plastic library cases housing cassettes. Physical copies are sold out, but this split is still worth the time to listen.





 
 

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