April 11, 20231 yr Jos jedna savrsena nocna ptica Man Rei - Cusp (Crash Symbols, 2020) Spoiler "Working in the mild climate of Estonia, Kristin Reiman -- aka Man Rei -- creates cloudy music that seems to always be slowly gathering into a storm. There isn’t much thunder on Cusp, though; it’s all humid atmospheres and fading spectres, rife with blurred vocals and smeared field recordings. There are some structures bubbling under Reiman’s soupy pieces, often forged by repeated sounds that become subliminal beats. But the beauty in Cusp isn’t so much about patterns as aura. The tracks here feel like they’re meant to immediately wrap themselves around the listener, then slowly dissipate into the air, like fog fading into the horizon." -Marc Masters "...like listening to a Gregorian mass taking place in the next parallel universe, bathed in reverb and hums. The lyrical subject matter constantly touches on all the paranoia and inhibition one might expect from the aforementioned theme, particularly prevalent too during a pandemic which left many of us with a heightened sense of guilt, despite all our free time." -The Quietus "Woozy and phantasmagoric, Man Rei’s songs evoke the feeling of a seance in a candlelit cabin..." -Redefine Magazine "...dreamy, nocturnal soundcraft." -FFFoxy Podcast "...so unusual and different, every time you listen you find something new. Just a fantastic record." -Independent Music Podcast "Man Rei creates witchy, whispered compositions built out of urban field recordings and meditative vocal samples." -Bandcamp Daily Edited April 11, 20231 yr by palfoot
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