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Phase Space: Degrees of Freedom review | Safi Bugel's experimental album of the month
Switching wonky techno for spacious abstraction, Gwenan Spearing debuts a new alias on an EP of uncanny generative electronics
Phase Space: Degrees of FreedomDegrees of Freedom is Spearing’s first outing under this new alias: an EP of meandering ambient tracks that blur the lines between electronic and acoustic as instruments are sampled, warped and overdubbed through her synthesiser. On Sleep Pressure, a self-styled “lullaby for grownups”, the soporific sequence is unsettled by the faint clatter of metal, which has the same soft dissonance of wind chimes, delicate but jarring. On Openness Trio, guitarist and producer Nate Mercereau, saxophonist Josh Johnson and percussionist Carlos Niño join forces to create a collection of compositions that are as expansive and beguiling as the California hills and canyons they were recorded in (Blue Note).
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