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Looking back down the decades it is easy to see the many contributions that Jonn Serrie has made to our Spacemusic lives and times. But for all this rich past history what his music still does best is consistently conjure an eternal now. Ascendant Destiny (57:33) is another deep zone mind melt of an album. Across six elegantly airborne synthesizer symmetries his work plays tenderly, yet feels massive. Such long-ripened electronic skills become apparent in these atmospheric achievements of purity and peace. Done with artistry and flair Ascendant Destiny offers a myriad of boundaryless New Age Ambient moments. In the slow surge of synth sounds its meaning becomes charged. Exerting their mesmerizing pull strings sustain as, moving in chord motion, harmony and ambiance interplay to great effect. Softly sounding in quiet joy there is something elevated in Serrie's production of textures and timbres. A steady consonance grounds our cosmic journey - beneath the imaginatively detailed aural glow surrounding each track. Unfolding easily in the otherworldly brilliance of ethereal tones and lulling strains, while further in darkening down into dense rumbling drones Ascendant Destiny glides in ascending spirals, then fades away - almost reluctant to ever end. Regarding the nature of a realm so fluid and shifting that often within the psyche the real and unreal will merge, we may dream of a wondrous beckoning from beyond. The spaciousness, the timeless quality, how it places us in any universal realm is quite captivating - and leaves the listener wanting only to more explore this idyllic domain.
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 14 March 2024 |
