ASC | Hiding In Plain Sight (3LP) [HOROEX39]

ASC | Hiding In Plain Sight
Label: Horo –  HOROEX39
Format: 3 x Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Marbled
Released| 10 Mar 2023

Four years on from the release of Astral Projection, ASC’s last LP for Horo, a re-listen reveals a body of work that still sounds prescient and current, mapping out a simmering landscape that stood proudly on it’s own in the crowded world of electronica.

Hiding in Plain Sight takes the musical baton left by Astral Projection and expands the environment. The two opening tracks (No Mask, A Whisper In Your Ghost) are sumptuous palette cleansers that paint the walls with bliss. As we continue on, mesmerising waves of melancholy wash over Grey Area themed constructions, sometimes jagged (No Mask, Dying Star, Centrifuge, Galaxies), other times propulsive (Dreadnought, Surface Encounters). Pensive, frozen constructions that come off as soundtracks to movies only James has seen pepper the LP (Overscan, Dying Star, Mirrored Sequence) while the centrepiece of the LP soars unbound over stuttered, sculpted breaks (Orbiting Neptune).

ASC’s great gift is his ability to create worlds of music that are densely layered and complex and yet project a sense of perfect effortlessness while they assimilate into your psyche.

Hiding In Plain Sight is not so much a journey, as a destination. A rich, full-bodied alien planet intricately designed to envelop your senses.

- Limited Edition 3x12", each plate is a different color.
- Full Artwork Sleeve.
- All tracks W&P by James Clements.
- Mastered and Cut by Andy Miles at Star Delta Audio Mastering.
- Artwork/Design - Ryan Quinlivan.

TRACKLIST:
A1        No Mask (Nowhere To Hide)
A2        A Whisper In Your Ghost
B1        Surface Encounters
B2        Overscan
C1        Dreadnought
C2        Orbiting Neptune
D1        Centrifuge
D2        Galaxies
E1        Pulsewave
E2        Dying Star
F1        Landslide
F2        Mirrored Sequence

# Grey Area # Ambient # Experimental # Electronica