Review: Visible Cloaks' "Paradessence" Reflects a Changed World
By
Dash Lewis
Crackling crust, pillowy middle. The kind of bagel that earns a second cup of coffee.
Summary
A review of Visible Cloaks' album "Paradessence," released nine years after their debut "Reassemblage." The review contextualizes the album within the shifting cultural and political landscape from the start of the Trump presidency to the present, touching on themes of lost techno-utopianism, the rise of tech disruption culture, and how the duo's ambient electronic music reflects these changes.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledIn the nine years since Portland ambient duo Visible Cloaks released Reassemblage, the worlds that record occupied, both real and imagined, came to an end.
When the album came out, at the start of the first Trump presidency, there was a chill in the air, a grim understanding that something wicked was coming, its shape to be determined.
The anticipated techno-utopia promised in the '90s, the globally connected network of trade and culture that obliterated borders, quickly soured, and a handful of coding-school barons descended to 'disrupt' everything we'd done to make life bearable.
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