Long ago before your fancy torrents and music blogs were the norm, we used an archaic technology known as p2p. During this earlier time there were quite a few shitty p2p programs(kazaa, limewire, emule etc...) out there, most of which gave you horrible rips, shitty quality and at the least, viruses. Out of this sea horridness came a simple and amazing program called soulseek. What this wonderful little program did was mix the file sharing of those aforementioned programs, with a more social, safe and welcoming environment. The ability to make rooms, chat with people, see their share lists and download/trade as you wished. I mention this program because it's not only completely shaped my musical taste, it also allowed me to meet incredible people and find music I would never have listened to elsewhere. DoF is one of those artists.
Unbeknownst to most people, Brian Hulick has been making music for almost a decade. His six releases range from Marsen Jules-like ambient landscapes to an electro-folk very reminiscent of earlier Bibio. He seems to evolve with each new release and continues to surprise and impress me each time.
A Year in Waiting is a collection of twelve tracks, each named after a month of the year. January starts off with a quiet distant tone that is gradually accompanied by soft keys as if you were just waking up from a winter slumber, rubbing your eyes and trying to remember what day it is. Eventually the song weaves into a soft glitchy cloud that softly envelopes you and remains until the very end of the record. From the cold and sluggish February to the vibrant and joyful July and even the optimistic and wonderful December, each track seems to perfectly embody the month that it was named after.
DoF is an artist I've been very selfish about over the years. He's always been someone I've listened to and enjoyed immensely, but rarely talked about or recommended to others. Brian is one hell of a musician and if you enjoy anything remotely ambient, glitchy or hell, even electronic, you need to give this guy a listen.
