=========================================================================== Mood Obsidian =========================================================================== Title : Mood Obsidian Artist : Only Swallow Genre : Electronic, Ambient, Hypnagogic Released: 2017 The lucid, hypnagogic ambient electronic music crafted by Only Swallow has stirred some buzz in the underground electronic ambient scene, especially among fans of the aurawire label. On his 2017 LP "Mood Obsidian", Only Swallow creates a flowing, ethereal field of lights and sounds that make you feel like you're adrift in some neon city of tunnels, much like the album artwork itself. The opener, "Lightsick" is perhaps my favorite electronic piece of all time, and the closer, "Love", feels so forlorn, yet accepting and happy. In between, you'll find entrancing layers of noise, passages of quiet pads, sudden stabs of derezzed white noise, and more. While it isn't as experimental as his followup album, "Stars Die, People Die", I feel that "Mood Obsidian" captures the ephemeral, hypnagogic nature of Only Swallow's work perfectly. Favorite Tracks: Lightsick, Day Synthetic, Love