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Kenotic
Electronic · 2005 · 16 tracks

Kenotic

Hammock

A landmark of ambient shoegaze. Shimmering guitar swells and cinematic textures create a vast, frozen landscape that feels both lonely and deeply comforting.

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It's like watching a slow-motion sunset over a frozen lake for seventy minutes.

A profound, peaceful solitude that feels like being wrapped in a cold but comforting fog.

Kenotic · vs · Hammock
Winter+1.6σ

Winter saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 16 Tracks
01
Before the Celebration
2:03
02
The Air Between Us
3:44
03
Through a Glass Darkly
5:20
04
Blankets of Night
8:00
05
Winter Light
4:12
06
Miles to Go Before Sleep
5:16
07
Wish
5:21
08
Overcast/Sorrow
3:59
09
Glacial
1:46
10
Kenotic
4:16
11
Stars in the Rearview Mirror
7:04
12
You May Emerge From This More Dead Than Alive
1:13
13
What Heaven Allows
4:24
14
The Silence
5:20
15
Dawn Begins to Creep
4:12
16
Rising Tide
4:03
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the guitar textures in 'Blankets of Night' slowly accumulate until they feel like a physical weight.
The haunting dialogue sample from Ingmar Bergman's Winter Light that grounds the ethereal drift of track 12.
The transition from the icy isolation of 'Glacial' into the title track's more expansive, melodic embrace.
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