A hauntingly atmospheric success, “Digital Fog Archive” is a brand new observe from Greek mission Aetherfall, and likewise that includes immersive saxophone work from Nicky Kokkoli. A ghostly entrancement persists in each the evolving manufacturing — that includes sporadic saxophone slithering amidst spine-tingling ambient textures — and thematic inspiration, which explores the idea of “presence and erosion,” and particularly how sound and its components can seem and disappear, akin to “breath on glass.” The saxophone work enthralls, spanning in tonal dynamics from delicate haunts to second-half expressiveness.
An eerie, spectral-like meeting of ambient sounds — resembling a mix of voice and industrial-friendly intrigue — maneuver with constantly flowing engrossment high quality to begin. A bubbly bass-y pulse lingers beneath, sustaining a hypnotic steadiness as Kokkoli’s phantasmal saxophone tones emerge with various levels of tonal prominence. The ultimate minute upticks the saxophone’s pitch and prominence, feeling like a end result of the observe’s artfully climactic appeal — and general resembling a hypothetical of if later-era Discuss Discuss embraced the ambient realm extra so. Riveting in its soundscape and structural enlargement, “Digital Fog Archive” is a implausible success from Aetherfall and Nicky Kokkoli.
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