Cousin and Priori let electronic dance music and ambient dissolve into a finely balanced dialogue on Fly In Amber, their second collaboration. Subtle sound nuances and fleeting particles seem to crumble as they emerge from the sound system – fragile and seductive – unfolding a considered, intuitively driven motion that develops its own internal logic across the tracks. Between samples that recall trickling water or other organic sources and glitches honed for maximum listening pleasure, there are also rougher, more elemental sounds which – as in »Rummage« – evaporate into a dub abyss.
The hypnotic character of the arrangements makes it easy to lose oneself in detail. Especially in those moments when a new click or a gentle drone is perceived for the first time, prompting a mental step back to take in the entire sonic field, a carefully poised interplay of light and dark, weightless and heavy constructions comes into focus – one that invites the listener to sink into it without resistance. Moving between echoes of Monolake, acid passages in the title track that recall Jam & Spoon, and a contemporary Foley aesthetic, this EP traces its own self-contained orbit.
Fly In Amber
