Some tracks announce themselves with fanfare; others drift into consciousness like morning light through gauze.
Boylan’s ‘Gossamer‘ chooses the latter approach, opening with the vintage Korg SQ-10’s IDM-inspired plucks that feel deliberately out of sync, creating space where most producers would impose order. When the Moog bass arrives, it doesn’t bulldoze through the delicacy but anchors it, whilst breathy vocals add human warmth to the electronic architecture. Mastered by Matt Colton—whose work with everyone from Aphex Twin to Burial suggests an understanding of how power and tenderness can coexist—the track maintains its gossamer title’s promise of something simultaneously strong and fragile.
The cinematic piano midsection offers a moment of vulnerability that many downtempo producers would rush past, but Boylan inhabits the space fully before rebuilding with staccato violins and arpeggiated motifs. It’s the kind of patient storytelling that suggests confidence in the material rather than anxiety about holding attention, creating ambient melodic techno that knows when to whisper and when to soar. From the forthcoming ‘Rarefactions‘ album, this track suggests an artist who understands that sometimes the most powerful statement is the gentlest one.
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