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ARTIST
TITLE
A Vanishing Touch
FORMAT
LP

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CATALOG #
BING 202LP BING 202LP
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RELEASE DATE
10/27/2023

"While possibly not the first ambient record to be inspired by J Dilla's Donuts, Secret Pyramid's A Vanishing Touch is in rarified company. The two seem antithetical -- with Donuts a now classic collection of short beats compiled together and A Vanishing Touch being a forty-minute suite consisting of fourteen pieces. However, like any genre, ambient music has a lot more going on beneath the surface than might be initially gleaned. From the start, Amir Abbey dropped his usual songwriting process of long contemplation and careful sculpting. 'I let the pieces live and breathe, and I spent a lot less time tweaking and editing. This allowed the record to come together quickly, with Abbey working on it nightly after his work day had ended. Working at home, as he always has, Abbey embeds synths, tape loops and processing, horns, ondes martenot, guitar, bass, and organ within the multi-tiered composition of A Vanishing Touch. Sounds morph, bleed, fade, and permeate with moments where a listener is able to make out what is being played at that moment. Each measure feels deep, singular, mysterious, and unconfined. It's a new approach to ambience?the magic of the moment as a moment, not stretched beyond its point in time."