Necessary Fictions

Jazz · 2025 · 12 tracks · 48m

Necessary Fictions

Acoustic piano arpeggios and breakbeat drums collide with modular synths, capturing the rain-slicked, brutalist beauty of south Manchester.

June 20, 2025 · XXIM Records

A kinetic, late-night journey balancing sharp, mathematical precision with warm, melancholic beauty.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 48m

01

Umbra

3:12

02

Fallowfield Loops

4:44

03

Forgive the Damages

4:10

04

What We Are and What We Are Meant to Be

5:37

05

Background Hiss Reminds Me of Rain

1:40

06

The Turn Within

5:48

07

Living Bricks in Dead Mortar

2:52

08

Naga Ghost

5:24

09

Luminous Giants

5:09

10

Float (Loi Krathong, 2003)

2:33

11

State of Flux

4:28

12

Silence Speaks

3:09

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition in 'Fallowfield Loops' where the acoustic piano arpeggios lock into a razor-sharp, breakbeat-driven groove.

The subtle, crackling texture of 'Background Hiss Reminds Me of Rain' mimicking a gentle downpour through modular synth static.

The way the double bass and modular synth tones blur together on 'The Turn Within', making it hard to tell where the acoustic ends and the electronic begins.

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