30/08/2025
From the windswept coasts of Tasmania comes Narel's most ambitious and personal work to date, a ten-track journey that blurs genre lines while painting vivid terrains.
Since his 2020 album Diary of a Synthy Kid, Nick Simmons has sharpened his craft, deepened his sound design, and, with complete artistic freedom from the label, created an album that feels as intimate as it is expansive.
Opening with the warm, unhurried glow of Helion, Narel sets a welcoming tone. Its a Deep Trance record that instantly transports you to a late summer afternoon. Particular Parallels immerses itself in Dub Techno territory, pulsing with hypnotic chords and an atmosphere you can almost reach out and touch. Interlocutor slows the heartbeat with lush Electronica textures, before Deep Time Excursions drifts entirely off-world in a cosmic Ambient haze. His chart-topping single Tired Mountain Syndrome returns here, its Hypnotic Trance grooves feeling even more potent in the albums context. The ethereal Aura Collapse expands the horizon further, a slow-motion explosion of spacey ambience and breathtaking soundscapes. Then comes the playful nod to Bodzin with The Ravers Have Left the Town — a melodic house cut that shimmers with bittersweet nostalgia. Ephemerides stretches time with over ten minutes of Atmospheric Progressive Breaks, channeling the spirit of Airwave and Sasha in a slow-burning masterpiece. For the Ambient purists, Forgotten with the Other Waters is a 19-minute epic, deep, evolving journey rich with field recordings and well thought out sound layers, calling to mind the immersive worlds of Carbon Based Lifeforms and Dreamstate Logic. The album closes with Annica, a powerful Raw Trance tribute to his friend Matt, where driving rhythms carry both grief and pleasant memories in equal measure.
Narel's new album is more than a collection of tracks. Its a full-bodied expedition through memory, loss, joy, and the vast spaces in between. From sunlit shores to the deep reaches of the cosmos, every piece is crafted with the precision of a producer at the peak of his powers.
Unmissable.
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