Ambient is such a diverse genre. On one end you have someone like Brian Eno who is content to make some of the most relaxing music in the world. On the other end you have Lustmord who is out to make some of the darkest and most disturbing soundscapes possible. Then you have everything in between.
暗号零's music is decidedly on the darker end of the ambient spectrum. Overall this is a rather minimalist album with swells of melodic interludes. The first few times I listened to this I found myself being nostalgic to a few years back. I found this album during the height of the pandemic in a time of great change in everyone's life. This album reminded me quite a bit of some of the ambient music I got into when I was younger and helped spark a renewed interest in the genre.
While I haven't been part of the dreampunk musical scene for quite some time now, this album was one of the first that resonated greatly with me from within that genre of music. The decidedly sci-fi synths combined with the quiet urban ambience makes this a highly memorable album for me.
The melodies, when there, are often simple and don't demand too much from the listener. They have an inviting tone to them, a curiosity that drives me to listen further. Its this gentle guidance into the unknown that draws me to listening to this album. The tones gently reveal themselves slowly over the course of the album. Sometimes they are soft and undemanding, other times they completely dominate the soundscape. Though the latter is usually reserved for later in the album.
Mother feels like a journey through an unknown cityscape. The more time spent in it the more it reveals itself to the listener. I know that my time with the album has been well spent exactly because of this.
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