Russel, Chris
Destiny
Chris Russell's otherworldly creations often call to mind abstract sci-fi visuals, and the surreal soundscapes of DESTINY, his third solo album for the Spotted Peccary label, are no exception. Through the use of delays, granular filters, and long reverbs, Russell explores slow-flowing spaces with an artistic and cinematic flair, painting a world where delicate veils of sound are frozen in slow-motion breezes, where seething pools of shimmering electrons glisten in sonic starlight, and where distant drones and faraway textures approach and recede into mysterious swirling mists. Time falls away as the album's gleaming tones move with purpose toward vast horizons, rising and falling on the broad swells of a sonic sea. Russell's mastery of expansive ambient electronic soundworlds is on full display within the music of DESTINY, and the album's subtle but all-encompassing spaces give rise to an immersive and thought-provoking listening experience that breathes and evolves with nuance and depth.