I knew I wanted to hear this album almost a year ago as my 100th rating milestone. clipping. definitely isn't a stranger to avant-garde performances, CLPPNG ended with Williams Mix, TEAATB with Piano Burning, VOBBB with Secret Piece. This album is a large heaping of that, for an entire hour. And it is fascinating.
The audio sources seem to constantly change, at one time you are listening to Daveed from the other room, then from outside the venue, then from what sounds like the inside of an air ... read more
This was the first album I ever rated on this website exactly a year ago; October 7th, 2022, therefore it feels fitting to write my first ever review on this album as well.
Stratosphere, at times, sounds and feels like it could have been recorded in Low Earth orbit. The lo-fi sound present during the entire runtime makes you even think it could have been transmitted from up there as well.
Despite this, most of the tracks still sound grounded to Earth. Tracks such as "Heading for the ... read more