Visible Cloaks create music that sounds like it was grown in a laboratory rather than recorded in a studio. It is incredibly clean, sharp, and vivid, utilizing digital synthesis to mimic the sounds of flutes, bells, and voices in ways that feel both organic and impossible. The textures are liquid and translucent, moving with a weightless grace that avoids the heavy drones of traditional ambient music.
What sets them apart is their 'pan-global' approach. They draw heavily from 1980s Japanese environmental music and Italian minimalism, blending these influences into a seamless, borderless soundscape. It is the sound of a digital utopia: peaceful, highly detailed, and completely immersive without ever becoming intrusive.
Start with Reassemblage for the most complete realization of their aesthetic. It is a perfect entry point for anyone who loves the intersection of technology and tranquility, offering a sensory experience that feels like exploring a beautifully rendered virtual garden.
Visible Cloaks are an American electronic musical duo based in Portland, Oregon, consisting of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile. The duo originally emerged in 2010 as Doran's solo project, in which he explored rare groove new age music and ambient music from Japan. Carlile joined the project in 2014. Scott Wilson of Fact describes their music as "shattering the idea of “fourth world music.” The duo's 2017 album Reassemblage, released on RVNG Intl., introduced the duo's cross-influenced sound, taking inspiration from new age music, Italian minimalism and Japanese ambient music. The record received the "Best New Music" accolade from Pitchfork, and was named an "Album Pick" by AllMusic. The duo's subsequent release Lex (2017) used software programmes to create electronic tranquil melodies, similarly to Reassemblage.
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Shares serene, mysterious, contemplative (moods); digital clarity, minimalist, layered dense (production style)
Shares mysterious, serene, contemplative (moods); processed, absent, ethereal (vocal style)
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