Wisp – About Things That Never Were

>last sold: never
My chances of getting this grail are slim, aren't they.

Ultra rare stuff. Amazing work from Wisp, who created an album which can be without doubts nicknamed: The Holy Grail of Electronic/IDM/Ambient. Personally, I can hardly find an album that gets so close to this masterpiece - maybe Tycho's Science of Patterns EP.

Album features plenty of catchy, soft beats, which go nicely hand in hand with amazing electronic sounds and thus creating amazing melodies. All time favorite would be The Sincere, because the softness and catchy melody is out of this world. I can listen to this all day without ever feeling the same about the track. It just evokes so much emotions and warm heart-feelings. What I like the most is the whole composition of this album - it is made into a complex which together makes "perfect sense" as if it's telling a story of some sort. Each time, a different story is being told. Yggdrasil feels like one of the saddest ambient songs I know and this is only due to magical background noises - I think I hear the presence of violin and it collaborates with those beats so nicely it gives me goosebumps... Just wow. It strongly reminds me the song from Seven Ark called Untitled(302.1) for some reason... Amazing song, really.

On the other hand, few songs from this masterpiece feel like a happy man is walking through the nature and his thoughts are being broadcast in the form of magical sound waves - The Sincere is just the right example of this. I don't know how Wisp managed to create such amazing synthetic sounds, but this track is the full showcase of his art. Again, great beats accompany the song, which together make perfect musical peace for deep relax and create a portal for vanishing your brain's deepest thoughts.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the point. 5/5 indeed. A masterpiece totally worth having in your collection. One of the best albums of this decade. Thank you, Wisp!