The recording moniker of the Los Angeles resident Chuck Soo-Hoo, as Ki Oni (the name was taken from a Godzilla website) the electronic artist embraces his Chinese heritage with these five involved pieces that bring waves of surreal sounds and skilled looping. The songs here pay homage to his grandmother, who passed away in early 2023, and looks back on the summers spent swimming and eating from her garden.<\/p>\n
The bright textures of \u201cAn Infinite Drive\u201d open the listen with a colorful dreaminess that hovers across the meditative expanse. \u201cFloating In A Stream Of Consciousness\u201d then follows, and recruits a very focused ambience of twinkling dynamics, nearly New Age-like calming and a meticulous vision of lush and unpredictable sounds. <\/p>\n
The third and longest track, \u201cReincarnation At The End Of The World,\u201d unfolds across 22 plus minutes of hazy layers of emotional intimacy that\u2019s reflective in mood. \u201cMy Grandmother\u2019s Garden,\u201d the album\u2019s best, then carries a distinct droning that comes with the noises of nature that complement Soo-Hoo\u2019s thoughtful song craft.<\/p>\n
The final piece, \u201cTo Wander Beyond The Aquatic Center,\u201d is a bit fuller in scope, before settling into a simmering presence of cinematic swells of beauty and mystery. <\/p>\n
Expanding off his 2021 release Stay Indoors And Swim<\/i>, Soo-Hoo reflects back on his childhood, and the concept of a spirit transitioning to the afterlife. It’s a highly experimental and abstract affair, but certainly is easily accessible, where he employs field recordings as a base for each track. <\/p>\n
Soo-Hoo recorded, produced and mixed the album, which is available physically as a pink cassette. The eye-catching artwork from Sean Conrad certainly suits this \u201cMusic For Floating Spirits,\u201d which could easily soundtrack a serene period of self-examination. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10957],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-46878","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-ki-oni","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46878"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}