Together with contemporary artist Fossilize me, Aqeel Aadam delivers a detailed yet effortless EP

A neatly put together album of experimental downtempo, ‘Fault’ marks the coming together of two artists connected with the left field label Mystery Circles. Aqeel Aadam and Fossilize Me both released innovative debut albums in 2020, exploring separate paths into the sounds of ambient electronica. The pair shares an appreciation for expansive landscapes, layering together involved synthesizer work with percussive ambience. The overlap of interests between these two artists results in a collaboration which feels entirely natural.

Our featured track from the album is the work of Aqeel Aadam, a New York based musician who started out with bedroom beats and whose progression is evident in ‘Nails Grow Back’. The release revels in creating a detailed soundscape composed of modulated beats and sweeping synthesizers which manage to avoid encroaching on the central melodies at play. Aadam endeavours to blend in influences from atmospheric hip-hop and post rock, bringing to life new sonic worlds. It’s an ambitious approach, and part of the cause behind the albums alternative but polished quality.

The tracks contributed to ‘Fault’ by Fossilize provide a curious and effective contrast to Aadam’s less percussive inclusions. The outcome is an excellent balance between two perspectives operating within the same field, and an album with a gratifying narrative.

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Fossilize Me has stepped into the electronic music scene with his debut album ‘Era’, supported by the record label Mystery Circles, an independent group from LA who have experience with searching out imaginative and experimental artists. They’ve previously worked with Elin Piel and more recently Scott Campbell, so Fossilize Me is producing in good company.

Era was made available on February 24th, but prior to this release exposure has been fairly limited for the artist, meaning that the representation of Fossilize Me’s creative identity is largely drawn from the 10 tracks within the album. The name is an alias of Dennis Smith, originally from Baltimore, whose style appears to be rooted in the fields of ambience and experimental. The edge to his work comes from the use of modular synthesizers, and influence of vintage Afro-Latin music. Percussion-style samples which feature in tracks like ‘Run’ and ‘Era’ become one face of the multi-layered electronic beat, though it’s the ambient synth that holds power.

The track featured today is the fourth on the debut album, ‘Hatching’. The melody floats over a light, simple beat which carries hints of both the organic and technological. Over that essential beat Fossilize Me contrasts tangible warmth and ethereal chatter.

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