Tracing Back the Radiance
by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Metascore
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  1. Mojo
    Aug 20, 2019
    60
    This is a sweet entry point. [Oct 2019, p.92]
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  2. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Jul 17, 2019
    60
    Cantu-Ledesma’s ensemble (that’s 11 in total, including greats like Mary Lattimore, JAB, and Roger Tellier Craig) achieve an elegant cascade here that’s more stoicism than stupor and more calm than stagnancy.

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  1. Thanaeros
    Feb 4, 2020
    9
    This is too short. The ambient flow of this miraculous work is captivating and ethereal while never being pretentious. There is just no ego.This is too short. The ambient flow of this miraculous work is captivating and ethereal while never being pretentious. There is just no ego. It is dissolution of self into a timeless stillness. I have never witnessed an musical composition that reaches this kind of depth of the ineffable. Lot's of musicians have tried and failed to dig to this depths in their ambient explorations. Perhaps Aphex Twin comes close with certain ambient tracks, or East Forest with it's melodic timeless compositions. But here there is true stillness, it's powerful, it's light. It is hovering in the void.

    This is amazing while accompanying a psilocybe psychedelic journey. Many times now I have had my deepest moments and strongest realizations while hovering in the space created by this album. My only regret is that it is too short. It should be at least 5 hours long. But maybe it is, time seems to slow down.    … Full Review »
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