Listening Notes

Voices From The Lake — II

II album cover

I knew when I heard the first track on Voices From The Lake's II that I was gonna love it.

When I listen to this music, I feel like I'm sitting in some futuristic jungle paradise. I look around and there are emerald sculptures, little waterfalls, solarpunk technology. It's sunny and bright. There are monkeys in the trees, flowing water.

One of the first things you notice as you listen is that it's one long continuous track. And, per the usual for this kind of project, the last track is the one continuous uninterrupted version. I love it when an artist is able to pull something like this off.

Just as I was about to write this post, I noticed this is a project from Donato Dozzy. He's kind of a legend. Neel as well is very good; I saw him live at an incredible show at Public Works.

File this under lush, immersive, richly textured, mid-tempo soundscapes. One of the songs this immediately reminds me of is Young American Primitive. It's got that same kind of futuristic, almost alien feel to it.