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Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Dark Measures (2021) [Hi-Res]

Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Dark Measures (2021) [Hi-Res]
Established, prolific sound artists Phillip Wilkerson and Chris Russell come together from different sides of ambient electronic music; whereas Wilkerson favors lighter passages, Russell favors the dark and abstract—yet these styles blend seamlessly on Dark Measures, their latest collaboration on Spotted Peccary Music. This new release retains the dreamlike atmosphere of their 2014 work Vague Traces while ferrying the listener to a more contemplative space. Russell describes Vague Traces as “a sunset album” and Dark Measures as “a nighttime adventure.”
And the spirit of adventure hums beneath these eight compositions. The pensive drift of “Unopened Doors” evokes a long moonlit walk as its reverberant glimmers mirror the watching stars. “Deep Lane” is the sound of uncharted territory; wistful textures swell at every turn, but rumbling drones flare below like the breath of some great beast—a hidden danger just around the corner. On “Myriad Visions,” electronic pulses, crafted from a computer-based virtual “modular” synthesizer, gallop through a maze of cosmic tones, stuttering like thunder interrupted, beckoning the listener onward into an exhilarating and alien space. Penultimate track “Unbroken Devotion” builds to a zenith of yearning, bright as a pillar of moonlight in a forest clearing, before an ominous hum clouds away the light. Finale “Faring Forward” ends the adventure in a place of serenity as its panoramic warmth expands like a sunrise.
On their previous collaboration, Wilkerson sent near-finished tracks to Russell, but on Dark Measures, they built each piece together from the ground up, utilizing a carefully selected palette of digital synthesizers and computer software sound sources, including such venerable instruments as the Yamaha Montage 6, Access Virus digital synth, Native Instruments’ Reaktor and Kontakt, and Spectrasonics Omnisphere. The result is an album that weaves their talents into a new, unified sound—an album that traverses the calm and menace of night, and captures the tension and wonder of exploring uncharted spaces.

1.01 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Unopened Doors (10:35)
1.02 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Evening's Embrace (11:11)
1.03 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Myriad Visions (8:43)
1.04 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Deep Lane (9:22)
1.05 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Distant Vistas (8:15)
1.06 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Unbroken Devotion (7:28)
1.07 - Phillip Wilkerson, Chris Russell - Faring Forward (4:50)

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  • Newt
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