Midnight Dome is Obfusc's third album release, offering a development of so… Read Full Bio ↴Midnight Dome is Obfusc's third album release, offering a development of sound and style from his previous albums Internal Countryside and Cities of Cedar, with a flowing fusion of tracks and ambient elements.
Midnight Dome is a progression for the artist in terms of both production and presentation. Each track segues perfectly into the next, enhancing the listening experience with a seamless flow that meanders between more concrete beat-based melodic tracks and ambient washes and textural interludes. In the artist’s own words:
Working ambient interludes into the sequence, building them from field recordings of fragments of memory -- friends laughing on a beach at night, stomping down volcanic rocks in Iceland, rough takes of guitar recordings from who-knows-when -- makes it much more of a personal experience for me. I like to be able to tell someone I care about, "Remember the sea lions that we stumbled upon in Oregon?" That sound is buried deep, but it's there. It immortalizes some of my favourite moments of the last couple of years, a period of intense personal growth and self-realization.
Review from Igloomag :
Swaying light branches of shoegaze hidden in a predominately ambient-electronic album, Obfusc creates minuscule audio puzzles of dizzying complexity on the new Midnight Dome with Boltfish.
Lost in waves of low-tones and memories from childhood, these foggy windows reveal early 90′s era Warp fragments; bass-beats, subtle melodic bursts, underwater meanderings, manipulated guitars and gentle instrumentals leaves Midnight Dome in a field of its own. Utilizing creative sound imagery in its duration, Obfusc presents mysterious voids that are subdued yet omnipresent. Wrapping your ears around these delicate pulses tend to keep the unconscious brain in a constant state of flux. While this venture into experimental strains is soothing, it’s the shifting of musical gears that keeps the entire package adrift. Ambience tied to thumping electronic motifs, the entire package is subdued and audibly satisfying. Fans of Legion Of Green Men’s Spatial Specific will easily gravitate towards Midnight Dome‘s bidirectional sonic beauty.
Review from Leonard's Lair:
After an initial intro of some rushing water, ‘Hologram Grip’ sounds vital as soon as its motorik rhythm is joined by a mysterious electronic melody and when layers of guitar and voice samples are added, the effect is a favourable comparison with those masters of instrumental intrigue, Boards Of Canada. ‘Oceanic Glow’ also recalls the 1990′s ambient folk sounds of Ultramarine. Album highlight ‘Our Signals Coalesce’, meanwhile, cleverly shifts soundscapes with twanging guitars and it’s that juxtaposition between “real” instruments and beats which is the key to Burke’s best work.
Perhaps another key to the success of ‘Midnight Dome’ is its seamlessness, with each track effortlessly drifting in to the next, often linked via those aforementioned rushing water effects. Naturally, it’s also embedded with atmospheric and evocative music which makes the listening experience thoroughly involving.
Midnight Dome is a progression for the artist in terms of both production and presentation. Each track segues perfectly into the next, enhancing the listening experience with a seamless flow that meanders between more concrete beat-based melodic tracks and ambient washes and textural interludes. In the artist’s own words:
Working ambient interludes into the sequence, building them from field recordings of fragments of memory -- friends laughing on a beach at night, stomping down volcanic rocks in Iceland, rough takes of guitar recordings from who-knows-when -- makes it much more of a personal experience for me. I like to be able to tell someone I care about, "Remember the sea lions that we stumbled upon in Oregon?" That sound is buried deep, but it's there. It immortalizes some of my favourite moments of the last couple of years, a period of intense personal growth and self-realization.
Review from Igloomag :
Swaying light branches of shoegaze hidden in a predominately ambient-electronic album, Obfusc creates minuscule audio puzzles of dizzying complexity on the new Midnight Dome with Boltfish.
Lost in waves of low-tones and memories from childhood, these foggy windows reveal early 90′s era Warp fragments; bass-beats, subtle melodic bursts, underwater meanderings, manipulated guitars and gentle instrumentals leaves Midnight Dome in a field of its own. Utilizing creative sound imagery in its duration, Obfusc presents mysterious voids that are subdued yet omnipresent. Wrapping your ears around these delicate pulses tend to keep the unconscious brain in a constant state of flux. While this venture into experimental strains is soothing, it’s the shifting of musical gears that keeps the entire package adrift. Ambience tied to thumping electronic motifs, the entire package is subdued and audibly satisfying. Fans of Legion Of Green Men’s Spatial Specific will easily gravitate towards Midnight Dome‘s bidirectional sonic beauty.
Review from Leonard's Lair:
After an initial intro of some rushing water, ‘Hologram Grip’ sounds vital as soon as its motorik rhythm is joined by a mysterious electronic melody and when layers of guitar and voice samples are added, the effect is a favourable comparison with those masters of instrumental intrigue, Boards Of Canada. ‘Oceanic Glow’ also recalls the 1990′s ambient folk sounds of Ultramarine. Album highlight ‘Our Signals Coalesce’, meanwhile, cleverly shifts soundscapes with twanging guitars and it’s that juxtaposition between “real” instruments and beats which is the key to Burke’s best work.
Perhaps another key to the success of ‘Midnight Dome’ is its seamlessness, with each track effortlessly drifting in to the next, often linked via those aforementioned rushing water effects. Naturally, it’s also embedded with atmospheric and evocative music which makes the listening experience thoroughly involving.
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