Bastien Pons - Blinded
Prepare for a sonic, immersive listening experience unlike any other. 'Bastien Pons - Blinded' is a spell-binding, musique concrète-inspired, emotionally charged opus. 'Blinded' is the title track of Bastien's debut album. And what a blindingly brilliant title track it is. At nearly 8 minutes runtime, it's no less than an immersive sound meditation track. It wouldn't feel out of place as a soundtrack in a visually stunning movie like Dune, which already has some amazing soundtracks. This is just how excellent a calibre Bastien Pons is as a composer. As 'Blinded' begins, we're greeted with gong resonants leading to skittering looping beats, followed by an ominous bassline. Atmospheric synths create amazing space and depth as the track unfolds and expands into a cinematic soundscape. It's exciting and a little scary, even. Kind of like watching a giant magnificent wave of sound that is getting bigger and bigger, approaching you head-on, at speed. At its highest point, Islamic prayer chants are introduced that just elevate the experience to a whole other dimension. It's hard to put into words just how immersive and expansive the sound has become now. It feels like the soundtrack to a futuristic, dystopian world, where man, machine, religion, and expression have all combined to form something spectacular. Textured distortion added into the mix, and the listening experience just keeps getting better. The composition and production are meticulous and genre-trascending. This is more than just music. It's an intense, sonically gripping listening experience capable of transporting the listener to unimaginable, strange new realms within the mind. We love what we're hearing from Bastien and look forward to immersing in his other releases from his debut album 'Blinded'. What a blinder of a track, indeed!
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