Talking about ambient music will always be more complex than listening to it. I have a system, though. Separating ambient music into two groups. The exhale group, and the inhale group. “Exhaled” ambient music is stuff like the droney Emeralds whose music bleeds and is more work to appreciate and is not quite meant to relax you. Chihei Hatakeyama, one half of the exceptional group Opiotope, makes “inhale” music. No, this is not music you sniff glue to. His music wisps around the room like the wind. It glides like cool autumn air and waits to be inhaled.
Saunter is the third album of his discography and althoguh he is often compared to Stars of the Lid, Chehei's has released eight releases in four years.
Saunter It flows so effortlessly like sleepy hummed albums ought to. A balloon slipped out of the hands of a child isn't as chilled and mellow as Saunter. One of these days I'll be skilled enough to describe the sound of Saunter in a more comprehendible fashion, but for now all I can do is guarantee that it's an album you can breathe easy to.
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