If a synthesiser were to work its way along the aorta to the heart, it would probably sound like »Varolii Patterns« by Duane Pitre. And yet the American experimental musician’s most recent album more or less »happened« to him by chance. This is because the tracks recorded with an eight-voice synthesiser are by-products of the album »Omniscient Voices« from 2021, which Duane Pitre only documented as his own takes during the process. In the end, »I felt like they were standalone pieces that worked together well as a whole,« says Pitre. And the new structure of the pieces also has something organic: While the rhythm flows in the background like a constant heartbeat, you can hear your vessels pulsating, the veins contracting and the blood rushing in your ears. In six tracks, you thus wander through your organism in an electronically amplified way. Duane Pitre has shed the Caterina Barbieri-esqueness of his previous releases on this tape release. Rather, the almost sacredly borne sound evokes the final releases by Richard Skelton, who provides the listener with a similarly dreamy introspection. Whether you are still in the land of the living after listening to »Varolii Patterns« for the third time, however, remains to be seen. But even that is a compliment.
Varolii Patterns
