Style: Ambient, vaporwave
Primary Emotions/Themes: Peace... pure, unadulterated peace
Thoughts: I own very few albums like this. Albums that tap into a specific emotion and expand on it to the point of perfection. That's not to say that the album is perfect, but rather the embodiment of the theme or emotion that the album puts forward is perfectly executed.
I've been following both Modest by Default and Mabisyo for a little while at this point, but this is the first album I have in physical form from either of them. While I enjoy both of their solo works immensely, this collab between them is some next level stuff.
The music on this album is subtle, gentle, and gives me the feeling of wrapping myself up in a warm blanket after a long day at work. In short, it's fantastic. It's the kind of music I can listen to at any point and find myself fully immersed. It's the kind of music that calls out to me, the type of album that I have a craving to listen to.
The music itself is based on dreamy ambient. There is sounds washing in and out like wave after wave on a beach. With these sounds you have melodies sprinkled in, sometimes overt, other times buried deep in the mix. I love it when artists do that, it rewards the active listener yet also makes the passive listener content.
There is no point during the entire run time of this record where the music feels hollow. There is always some layer of ambience that is filling the void. Even points where it is near quiet, it does not feel hollow. Rather it feels more like the music is taking a quick respite, only to return stronger and more calm than ever.
This album is one of the better ambient albums I've heard in the past few months. I love that both Modest by Default and Mabisyo have gone out of their comfort zone with this release to create something truly wonderful. I hope that this is not the last collab we see between these two artists, but if it is then they certainly have left a lasting impression.
Written July 22nd 2024
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