Inca Ore

Inca Ore sounds like a transmission from a radio station that only exists in the space between waking and sleep. The music is defined by a thick, humid layer of tape hiss and reverb that makes every melody feel like it is being heard through a heavy velvet curtain. It is beautiful but slightly unsettling, like finding an old music box in an abandoned house that still works perfectly.

What makes Eva Saelens' work distinctive is her ability to blend the raw, improvisational spirit of the mid-2000s noise scene with a genuine sense of pop melody. While her peers often leaned into harshness, she leaned into the 'hauntology' of the format itself, using the limitations of lo-fi recording to create a sense of deep, historical mystery. Her vocals are rarely front-and-center; instead, they act as another instrument, drifting in and out of the mix like ghosts.

If you are new to this sound, start with 'Birthday of Bless You'. It is the perfect distillation of her aesthetic, balancing catchy, skeletal keyboard hooks with the immersive, drowning-in-sound production that defines the Not Not Fun era of experimental music.