Static Nocturne is one fifty minute song dedicated to static and white noise. The first five minutes are standard enough, a wash of soothing commotion, that leads the listener to believe this is going to be fifty minutes relaxing, but standard static. Then something happens at the six minute mark, a soft, yet dense organ swells in and begins to change the tide. As the movement slows, Eluvium's signature piano comes in, adding emotional layers to the sea of sound pulsing in and out. Everything rises to a more jarring section where the benevolent piano and organ have disappeared, now replaced by grainy static that pulls the track through the middle. Finally as the track begins to reach its apex, the coarse static loosens up as the organ returns and brings the song to a lazy conclusion. The thing that makes Static Nocturne so wonderful is it's ambition and how relaxing it really is. A lot of ambient records tend to drag on and lose the listener unless they are truly in a mood to float. I listened to Static Nocturne in the middle of the day while sitting, rather than laying in the dark and I listened to it two times through without even noticing. Often when an artist puts out a track that exceeds the half hour mark, I find certain movements that stand out, and listen to all the 'filler' of the track just to get to the stand out sections. With Static Nocturne, none of that applies, every second is crucial, every second is beautiful.
-YtWt
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