Synesthesia
Ormo, 2025
9/10
A highly adventurous listen, Ronan Courty presents 2 lengthy tracks that offer different peeks at the same image from a technical standpoint.
“Synesthesia” occupies the first half, and is an instrumental offering of low qualities that evolve into a dense and ominous landscape that falls into cinematic areas of intrigue. Closer to the end, the setting gets brighter, melodic even, thanks to the harmonic discord.
“Ideasthesia” exits the affair, and rumbles curiously before settling into a nearly mechanical feel via the animated synth and double bass gestures.
Courty handles bass, synth, diapasons and verres with much attention to detail, and it makes for a daring and memorable experience of instrumental song craft that’s not short on uniquely soothing and colorful sounds.
Travels well with: Creve Coeur- Catastrophes; You Said Strange- Thousand Shadows Vol. 1