The 8 tracks that fill out Misty Memories take shape like early morning fog, and as the sun wakes they disappear as quickly as they arrived. You can almost envision glacial walls climbing to the heavens as these tracks play on. These vocal moments put me in mind of post-rock/dream pop outfit Besnard Lakes, a band that flirts with ambient touches on their mostly pop rock records. Besides Kévin Séry’s use of vocals as sonic layers, Marine Eyes’ Cynthia Bernard offers her ethereal vocals in layered harmonies on tracks “Weathering” and “Waves Vanished”. While mostly instrumental, there are vocals. These songs are sonic bridges that lead to those moments. It’s like looking down a long hallway lined with doors, and behind those doors are moments in time. Tracks like “Driftwood” and “Falling Leaves” swell slowly from their beginnings the idea of a time and place blossom, followed by the emotions that come with those moments. It’s a sound that is all consuming, like falling into a memory. “‘Misty Memories’ is a soundtrack for our memories and time passing by.” That is how Kévin and Damien sum up their first collaborative album, and when you hit play or drop the needle on this LP you get it. Both have plenty of musical explorations under their belts, and working together with Past Inside The Present they’ve made the perfect zone out record. These two combine their sonic strengths together on Misty Memories, a deep dive into heady soundscapes and healing vibes. Bringing together for the first time artists From Overseas and City Of Dawn, this ambient/new age record brings together “nostalgic tape sounds, lo-fi strings, mesmerizing guitar loops, and Kévin(Séry’s) use of subtle vocal samples create a dream world filled with calm and stillness.”įrom Overseas is musician Kévin Séry, while City Of Dawn is Damien Duque. "The latest from label Past Inside The Present is a free fall into sonic bliss with the collaborative Misty Memories. Utterly horizontal in attitude, utterly heavenly in realisation, this is a corker even by PITP's very high standards."
The result is classic Past Inside The Present - quivering, celestial ambient music that would fit into the drone category if it weren't for the fact it's constantly, subtly changing and evolving almost imperceptibly. "Regular collaborator with label boss zake, City of Dawn teams up with From Overseas, an aptly named producer based on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
"Tape and guitar loops combine to create mesmerizing atmospherics, like watching the Northern Lights ripple in the sky." Mastered at Schwebung Mastering by Stephan Mathieu Mixed by Damien Duque, Kévin Séry and James Bernard Vocals on 'Weathering' and 'Waves Vanished' by Cynthia Bernard Written and Produced by From Overseas & City of Dawn
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