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Dirk Serries - At Future Dawn [Cloud Chamber - 2024]

At Future Dawn collections together six ambient guitar-scapes from long running/ respected Belgium sound maker Dirk Serries. The tracks utilizers both  gentle feedback & subtlety moody electro detail in their make up, for an ambient album that is nicely nudges at the genres edges.

The CD album comes presented in a black & grey six panel digipak, which takes in  a selection of barrenly abstract pictures that have been blurred or used similar effects. 

The tracks were performed in real time by Serries- with him utilizing just an electric guitar and effects.  The six tracks have runtimes between seven & eighteen minutes- with a good selection of moods/ tones conjured up over the album.

The album opens with “Stretching Zero” which is the longest track here at nearly nine minutes. It’s built around this shimmering ‘n’ swaying fed back tone- which at it’s base has waveringly restful low end, and at it’s top simmering harmonic mids & soothing highs.  

As we move through the album we have the wonky harmonic grandeur meets hovering static haze of “Bitter Grace”. At points the track possessions an almost antique organ quality- which is underline by the feel  of sun faded sonic American.  There’s the eerier and juddering flow of “The Sole Comportment” which feels like the soundtrack  to walking through a creepy house at nighttime- as one visions seems to gentle warp & flicker after you’ve ingested some strange and limb weighing hallucinogenic drug.
With the album playing out with the title track- which brings together light seared tolling slide rings, with a glowing ambient underbelly, and  growing mid-range harmonic warp/ waver.

At Future Dawn is another fine ambient album from Serries- which sees it’s gentle pushing at the genre’s envelope. To hear samples & buy directly from the label drop in here.

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Roger Batty
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