Tangent – Evolutionary Cycles (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 39:58 minutes | 410 MB | Genre: Electronic, Ambient
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We don’t often hear from Dutch duo Ralph van Reijendam and Robbert Kok aka Tangent, and so when a hint of their electroacoustic experiments crop up on the horizon – usually on the n5MD imprint – you can bet it’s going to be impactful. Evolutionary Cycles contains all the synth odyssey beats of a Tangerine Dream record, with an ambient dub sensibility for fully traversing the contemporary composition sphere. The clatter of glitched drum programming ekes out from the dense fog of electronics on the likes of ‘Empty Waves’ and ‘The Appearance of Forms’, making this release a must for anyone who’s into Pessimist.
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Tangent – Presence Reverts to Absence (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 40:11 minutes | 416 MB | Genre: Electronic, Downtempo, IDM
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Presence Reverts to Absence is the 6th album from dutch ambient-beats duo Tangent. The album finds Rob- bert Kok and Ralph van Reijendam expanding the Tangent pallet with additions of more poignantly propulsive beatwork and integral modular synth flourishes, which raises their deeply contrasting ethos to new heights.
There has always been something rather unworldly about Tangent’s music, and Presence Reverts to Absence might be their most celestial album to date by leaning lightly into sci-fi territory with its sound bed of ghostly beacon transmissions and dusty swelling synth tones.
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