The Mystifying Oracle

This first track is preceded with an interlude serves as a short, beatless introduction to the album, flowing directly into the second track, 'sagacious gibber'. This extended piece combines the tone set in the introduction with an almost tribal be

The track 'effervescence' is something different entirely. The first few seconds are filled with a barely audible drum beat and then this near silence is broken by a melancholy piano chord progression, sounding as if it was played in some distant,

The last track on the 'quintessence' EP, 'laggard's swag', recalls the swirling atmosphere of the opening track 'sagacious gibber', but seems even more spacious. A dusty snare-like splash begins an appropriately laggardly rhythm and is soon jo

A fat, phasey drone, now familiar from earlier Austere releases begins the piece. The drone thickens, and is underpinned by some complex, authentic tribal hand drums, followed by ethnic chants and vocals. Part of the Music for Seances series, as well

Downtempo world-vibe rhythm and beats meets trance. Middle Eastern musicks over 4/4 kick drums and lots of ethnic percussion.