"The cool and the artistic, electronica and organic in repose, the tubular versus angular, the clangy against droning, the glass bells versus tribal thumps and beats is extremely dreamy but synthetically subversive as well."
The sonic multiverse landscapes of "Moon Dust" by Small Skies, the amorphous musical project of Portland, Oregon's Benjamin Tyler, moves in mysterious ways taking you on a trip with darkly cool narratives. Incredibly time transporting and filmic, the emotional tugs here have you coming and going, the result, at times, feeling like a sort of vintage futurism. I mean, while, listening and daydreaming I thought of Tangerine Dream as produced by Giorgio Moroder blended with contemporary Gothc bop and post punk atmospheres (bands like Selofan and Echoberyl) for most of the song and then the long outro that had me thinking of moments of Blade Runner ie Vangelis. The cross generational, multi-genre'd iteration feels seamless and everything, for me, makes artistic, emotional sense. The cool and the artistic, electronica and organic in repose, the tubular versus angular, the clangy against droning, the glass bells versus tribal thumps and beats is extremely dreamy but synthetically subversive as well.
[Small Skies, sometimes a full-fledged band, sometimes a solo act and sometimes a DJ, the one thing you can count on is beat driven, high energy music that fits perfectly in the year 2050.]
-Robb Donker Curtius
https://soundcloud.com/stepkid
https://smallskies.bandcamp.com/track/light-echoes
https://www.instagram.com/smallskies/
https://www.facebook.com/smallskiespdx
https://x.com/SmallSkies
Small Skies is the moniker of an amorphous musical project started by Benjamin Tyler in Portland, Oregon. Full of surprises and obsessed with futuristic sounds, you never know what you'll get when you listen to a Small Skies track or see them live. Sometimes a full-fledged band, sometimes a solo act and sometimes a DJ, the one thing you can count on is beat driven, high energy music that fits perfectly in the year 2050.
Small Skies, electronica, dream pop, filmic, soundscapes, indie electronic, downtempo, vast soundscapes, amalgam of styles, musical project of Benjamin Tyler, Portland Oregon, "Moon Dust", post punk,
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://soundcloud.com/stepkid
https://smallskies.bandcamp.com/track/light-echoes
https://www.instagram.com/smallskies/
https://www.facebook.com/smallskiespdx
https://x.com/SmallSkies
Small Skies is the moniker of an amorphous musical project started by Benjamin Tyler in Portland, Oregon. Full of surprises and obsessed with futuristic sounds, you never know what you'll get when you listen to a Small Skies track or see them live. Sometimes a full-fledged band, sometimes a solo act and sometimes a DJ, the one thing you can count on is beat driven, high energy music that fits perfectly in the year 2050.
Small Skies, electronica, dream pop, filmic, soundscapes, indie electronic, downtempo, vast soundscapes, amalgam of styles, musical project of Benjamin Tyler, Portland Oregon, "Moon Dust", post punk,
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