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- Summary: The first full-length studio release from Oregon-based electronic duo Visible Cloaks since 2017's Reassemblage features guest appearances by Félicia Atkinson, Componium Ensemble, Motion Graphics, Yoshio Ojima, Ioana Șelaru, and Satsuki Shibano.
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- Record Label: RVNG Intl.
- Genre(s): Electronic
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MojoJun 16, 2026Shapes and Thinking are just two highlights on a collection of delicate, crystalline moodscapes. [Jun 2026, p.93]
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The WireJun 16, 2026The sound palette utilised here by Visible Cloaks (aka Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile) is rich and nuanced, seemingly from a constant synthesized source, but the way the glassy, bell-like tones are stretched, shifted and smeared lends a hazy, metallic dreamlike edge to what might otherwise veer close to new age. [Jul 2026, p.60]
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Jun 16, 2026Paradessence retains the lush intricacy but adds a sense of disorientation and rupture – the surreal eruptions and colourful misfires inevitable when it’s possible for worlds to merge.
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Jun 16, 2026There’s plenty of gorgeous sound design to get lost in, like rubberbanding delays in “Skylight” that give the effect of factory machinery imploding, or the timbres that open “Telescoping,” which mirror a Mellotron, a flute, and a choir all happening at once. But let your mind wander, and Carlile and Doran’s digital wrangling blurs into a colorful, reverberant hum.