Kane Ikin
Sublunar


5.0
classic

Review

by Zettel USER (47 Reviews)
April 21st, 2016 | 8 replies


Release Date: 2012 | Tracklist

Review Summary: The Horror...

Sublunar defies conventions, it does not want to be understood, it does not belong in any defined category. Because of that it can be incredibly frustrating. It is abstract music in the proper sense, the kind of abstract music you can hear indefinitely without ever knowing what it is about. I know. For more than three years this music that refers to something that must be somewhere floating silently between the Moon and Earth -whatever it may be-, or even perhaps on Earth on the hidden depths of the ocean, or in a -yet-to-be-explored forest, or at some point in time -perhaps at the end of it?-, this piece of music leaves me puzzled, sometimes anxious. Without a solid structure, lacking any fixed rhythm, filled with languishing tones and cavernous sounds, floating direction-less, almost without hope, evaporating into the air, this music is almost instantly rejected by our brain. And then, the profound sadness, the melancholy, the intense sense of loss emanating from this otherworldly soundscapes -all this points at something humanly problematic. And there comes the alternative. Maybe this creation does not point out to something in the outside, but to something hidden in our minds, perhaps in the subconscious.

That would explain the indefiniteness, akin to the elusive memory of a fading dream, something that you feel, even recognize, but you cannot ultimately grasp and bring clearly into the light. Kane Ikin has done something tremendous here. He has achieved the duality organic-abstract at the utmost level, the "synthetic form" that simulates the living. These compositions sound vital, but hide their true form - or are they even real? They are always suggested, outlined, but forever inapprehensible. Like an indescribable and unclassifiable emotion, Sublunar points at something that can only be experienced or felt, but not rationally understood. You can never look behind the doors, and quite frankly, you do not want to. A piece of music like this is extremely rare and unique, music that transcends its mere physical attributes and projects something bigger, more significant, but also elusive and cryptic. Yes, Sublunar is a paradox. Something that at times can only be strongly despised, at times only viscerally experienced. Sublunar stands on its own, forever silent in the nebulous waiting for something...or someone.



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anat
Contributing Reviewer
April 21st 2016


5830 Comments


Captivating words and yet you didn't actually say anything, the level of hyperbole is almost obnoxious.

LotusFlower
April 22nd 2016


12000 Comments


"Sublunar defies conventions, it does not want to be understood, it does not belong in any defined category."

universal red flag for "this is actually bullshit". ill give it a spin anywho.

AnimalsAsSummit
April 22nd 2016


6180 Comments


This sounds amazing honestly

LotusFlower
April 22nd 2016


12000 Comments


Oh yeah I ran through a few tracks on the album and it sounds beautiful, but damn this review is a bunch of bloated hyperbole that doesn't reflect anything in the album.

Asdfp277
April 22nd 2016


24791 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

u need to ground the words a little, but this sounds interesting af tbh

Zettel
April 22nd 2016


661 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

Asdfp277: I love your rating for the album. This album actual rating fluctuates through all the scale. I thought of rating this a 1.0, and it still would be adequate. Some people see this as "beautiful", which I cannot see. Glad you gave this a chance.



LotusFlower
April 22nd 2016


12000 Comments


So are you saying the album is trash or...

Zettel
April 22nd 2016


661 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

or...I am restating the album is a paradox.



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