Grain fuzzes and birds chirp. A mystical synth flutters. Then a powerful guitar crushes them, droning onward with distorted beauty that settles into a layered soundscape. Tape loops are Randall Taylor’s instrument of choice for his experimental, ambient, and drone project Amulets, but there new sonic elements introduced in the title track of his new album Blooming. The opening track builds until it breaks and the listener can hear the peaceful sounds that began the track behind the fading guitar fuzz. Blooming has some seamless transitions. The listener may not even notice when the title track ends and “The New Normal” begins. Here there are bass drones and gorgeous strings. Taylor has taken his tape-based ambient music into a new realm with great production, new forms of instrumentation, ...
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