Spliff Jacksun - Sanctuary (2020)

Spliff Jacksun is a Montreal-based producer and illustrator with a flare for hypnagogic beats, crafting hazy excursions for a variety of Canadian and American tape labels. His work is built around weird and soothing reveries, sounds that slouch along in an almost dreamlike stupor. Influences from the visual arts and film are rampant.

Sanctuary is a longer outing than usual, divided into three sections by a pair of short interludes named for the sun and moon. The impression of a traditional binary dissolves as the album shifts from bursts of introspective morning to more vibrant and sentimental evening. It's playful but reflective, like the insulating fog of enjoyment that sustains you on a long walk home.

"...a gentle mist of rain." -Lost in a Sea of Sound

"You don't quite chill-out to Sanctuary, so much as you relax in a state of heightened awareness and absorb its pleasures. To summarize: It's great!" -The Newest Rant

"...utterly lovely." -The MrTum Radio Show

"...an excellent soundtrack to soothe the soul." -Cassette Gods