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Arriving a month after my daughter popped her head out into the world to finally have a look around, this release from Etelin unsurprisingly got overlooked, but I urge you to sink into it. It’s had repeated listens at TSMM HQ the last few days since my belatedly discovery.
The amusingly entitled Patio User Manual is beautifully crafted, and with an extraordinary level of sonic detail. Etelin, otherwise known as Alex Cobb and head honcho of the excellent Students of Decay and Soda Gong labels, blends field recordings, the odd acoustic instrument and gloriously ambiguous machine sounds to otherworldly, reality escaping and quite mesmerising ambient effect. It’s a magical place where electronic music not only imitates but synergises with nature, quite possibly to Anthropocene averting effect. Just wonderful.
Playlist Companion
Find a track from Etelin amongst other great lesser known ambient artists over at the Slow Ambient Playlist.