In A Sedimental Mood
Halocline Trance, 2024
9/10
Listen to In A Sedimental Mood
A Toronto artist with an affinity for the unconventional, Xenopraxis makes plenty of unclassifiable sounds across these 4 involved and unpredictable pieces.
“Side A” begins the listen with mature keys and playful harp entering the uniquely dreamy climate, and “Side B” follows with a bit more rumbling, where psychedelic nods allow for much creativity to be explored.
The final two pieces, “Side C” and “Side D”, don’t disappoint either, where the former is more firm, and pairs the dense keys with the harmonic yet frisky harp, while the latter is an atypical baroque venture via the detuned Rhodes and strategic Harmolodic bass.
Sometimes referred to as a ‘schizophrenic magician’, Marc Couroux, i.e. Xenopraxis, recorded each line in isolation, and the psychoacoustics of the 4 lengthy sides draws us in from beginning to end.
Travels well with: Temporal Waves- Temporal Waves; Leslie Ting- What Brings You In