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The AbstrAct Observer

We make music.

We run our own abstract project.

“The Path Integral” is here.
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We regard music.

This is an archive of notes and voices about independent releases: ambient, instrumental, electronic, contemporary, experimental, minimalist, whatever.

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<a href="https://the-abstract-observer.bandcamp.com/album/the-path-integral">The Path Integral by The Abstract Observer</a>
observation n.6

Endogens

Acadia

○ January 2024 | Independent

■ Genres: Ambient, Drone, Electronic
■ Rating: 6.8/10
■ Favorite track: “Overture“

<a href="https://endogensofficial.bandcamp.com/album/acadia">Acadia by Endogens</a>

► We all love warm drones but, in our opinion, they need to be shaken up in some way. Here it happens. The use of inversions and sixth chords is clever. This creates slight imbalances and interesting ambiguities that lead unexpectedly to synth storms.

April 28, 2025
observation n.5

Auditor

Anachoreisis

○ January 2025 | Independent

■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Dark Ambient, Experimental
■ Rating: 6.8/10
■ Favorite track: “Flooding“

<a href="https://auditorsounds.bandcamp.com/album/anachoreisis">Anachoreisis by Auditor</a>

► You may recognize Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1. In this reinterpretation of the masterpiece, lulling nostalgia seems to founder in a maelstrom of torment. What could have been when hope was still alive is gone. It is a brilliant aural rendition of a surrender.

April 28, 2025
observation n.4

Harry Mason

Collected Works 1.

○ October 2024 | Independent

■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic, Drone, Installation
■ Rating: 8.0/10
■ Favorite track: “Mae“

<a href="https://harrymason.bandcamp.com/album/collected-works-1">Collected Works 1. by Harry Mason</a>

► There is something really significant about the use of space. Panning acquires the dignity of a real creative tool. The choice of samples is skillful and, at times, moving; their deconstruction is simply masterful.

April 28, 2025
observation n.3

James Alexander

no mind

○ August 2024 | Independent

■ Genres: Contemporary Classical, Experimental, Cello solo, Atonal
■ Rating: 7.8/10
■ Favorite track: “I Will Tango“

<a href="https://jamesalexandercello.bandcamp.com/album/no-mind">no mind by j.t.alexander iii</a>

► It is not easy-listening, but – seriously – who cares about trivial music? Once you go down the rabbit hole you are hit by storms of gems and cascades of light, as well as shrapnels of blatant absurdity. You can either rise or get stuck.

April 28, 2025
observation n.2

Dysfunktional Message Control

Tanzmusik

○ November 2024 | Independent

■ Genres: Noise, Experimental, Drone, Installation
■ Rating: 6.2/10
■ Favorite track: “Side B“

<a href="https://wearedmc.bandcamp.com/album/tanzmusik">Tanzmusik by Dysfunktional Message Control</a>

► Are we supposed to like this stuff? No, but somehow these sounds haunt us, so – ultimately – yes. Make them chase you too.

April 28, 2025
Observation n.1

PLEASE CLOSE YOUR EYES

Music For Floating

○ January 2025 | Label: Mortality Tables

■ Genres: Ambient, Electronic
■ Rating: 7.3/10
■ Favorite track: “Deeper Blue”

<a href="https://mortalitytables.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-floating">Music For Floating by Please Close Your Eyes</a>

► The reassuring harmonic solutions are sometimes disrupted by unstable passages, which give the track a variety of contrasting yet perfectly balanced colors.