The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
“pulse_programming”
Slowly evolving drones, blips and bloops. Sometimes it gets tense and a little static-filled (“Geometry”), but for the most part it’s pretty quiet, soothing stuff. Sparse atmospheres. It took me a while to notice it was over.
Aesthetics, P.O. Box 577286, Chicago, IL 60657; http://www.aesthetics-usa.com
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