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Nice cross of indie, alt rock and jungle and I live for it. Good album, not a lot of misses besides the like 2 8-minute long ambient songs. Personally not a fan of dive, though i can see the appeal. I just don’t think the vocals really have a place on this album considering the rest of it doesn’t have any, unless they’re samples of dialogue. Escape Your Dream has a perfect soundscape and all around might be my favourite track off this release, giving an Alice in Wonderland dreamscape vibe and putting the listener into a hypnotic trance with its ethereal sounding pads and melodics carrying a sense of euphoria and rebirth. It’s nice to see guessabelle on this release as well, as it has personally been my favourite TURQUOISEDEATH release of all time. I do feel like that track has a place on this album, though the added sample took me by surprise and felt somewhat out of place on first listen. Despite the amount of good tracks on this album, it does feel like it’s missing something for me, like some detail, or just some more staple sounds. Crawl Space, a close 2nd for my favourite, provides the sound I’m looking for, but it is only one track of the release with three others being completely ambient. Even this track, featuring 2 0 2 1, kinda falls flat when it comes to standing out. The track is around 5 minutes long and hasn’t got a lot that makes me want to keep listening, though my interest is piqued towards the chops and breakdowns on this track. Overall pretty solid release from a small artist, not to mention the collabs from Astrophysics, 2 0 2 1, Asian Glow, Parannoul and Broken Teeth. 8.5/10

W’s:

- Guessabelle

- Sinking into You

- Crawl Space

- The Sky Fell

- Escape Your Dream

- Eureka

eh:

- Starfields

- Vertigo

- Dive

Based on the internet creepypasta, Carmen Winstead presents an experimental vapor wave footwork soundscape forming the 40 minute experience of the Acetantina project’s final album. The 12-track 2021 release creates an eerie, unsettling and unforgiving soundscape while illustrating the Carmen Winstead story throughout. For those uneducated, the internet legend from 2006 details the story of Carmen being pushed into a sewer opening during a fire drill by 5 girls trying to embarrass her. Carmen broke her neck while falling, causing her to pass at 17. This project from UK-Libyan producer, Acetantina, now Kaizo Slumber, reflects the gruesome, eerie and paranormal tale of Carmen’s story and provides a unique, unsettling and unprecedented sound to accompany it.