Sometimes I think an artist can get associated with a genre that may not reflect their true sound. Droidroy has commonly been referred to as a dreampunk artist, however after listening to a vast majority of his music I don't necessarily agree with that genre tag.
Personally I think most if not all of Droidroy's music belongs in the ambient genre... though you could argue that dreampunk is an ambient subgenere in the first place... in which case I rest my point. That said the music has much more in common with Boards of Canada or Brian Eno than say 2814 or Hong Kong Express.
On 明晰夢 droidroy explores short repeating melodies wrapped in a blanket of pure ambience. The album focuses on a few core ideas and then slowly builds out from there, be it a melody, a rhythm, or even a vocal line... each song has something that it uses as a foundation. From that foundation layers are added and built.
The second track is a fantastic example of this. The core element is a short seven note melody that varies slightly with each repetition. To accompany it there is a blanket of ambience put in as the backdrop in addition to several female vocal lines that are scattered sparsely throughout the track.
Droidroy has a fantastic discography of which a few have been put to wax. I'm very happy to have the few that I have in my collection as they are excellent ambient albums that deserve to hit the turntable more frequently. Hopefully the next time between listens won't be as long as it was leading up to this listen.
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