Astral TV - Travelling the Circuits

Rasmus Rasmussen (Aerosol, Causa Sui) and Keith Canisius are back with another delightful set of Astral TV tracks. Since their debut album, ”Chrystal Shores” from 2017, the Copenhagen-based duo have refined and perfected their approach to making semi-improvised synthesizer music. Musically it doesn't get much more pure than this. From their vast assemblage of synthesizers - that is, vintage, modern, digital, analog and modular synthesizers - the two producers are squeezing the finest sonic essence, for your neural pleasure.

Forget about song structures and leads – it's not that kind of album. Listening to ”Travelling The Circuits” is like floating on an electronic river through a slowly changing scenery. There's really no story here, and it's not about the destination. It's about colours – lots of colours. And the tactile beauty of sounds and patterns, filters slowly opening and closing, letting your senses tickle by a unique 80hz oscillation that only a wood-panelled analog synth from the early 1980s can produce. ”Travelling The Circuits” is a true auditory delight.

RIYL: Vangelis, Cluster, Oneothrix Point Never

1. Rewrite
2. Terraforms
3. Around The Corner 
4. Xi'an 
5. Post Future 
6. Telex 
7. Next Wave 
8. Before It's Lost
9. Different Dreams 
10. Observer 
11. Beacons 
12. Late Arrival 
13. Forest 
14. Oumuamua