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Christopher worked with the same formula that served him so well on 2015’s Seventh Orphism EP; only the playground has changed, creating a label that wears entirely his signature: that is combining electronics with elegiac string arrangements and subtle field recordings. Vinyl opener “Untitled 5” evokes a sense of reverie, introducing the listener into atmospherics that slowly unfurl like an early morning fog along the waterline. Fragments of voices drift through the track, barely audible but smoothly adding yet another layer of eeriness to the orchestration. Side B starts with one of the EP’s stirring moments, due to the manner in which the piano and French inciting vocals float around each other on “Any Homothety is invertible”. The speech closes with a mournful piano tune and seems the soundtrack of a walk in the French Riviera soaked in rain. The dense arrangements on this one may require more than one listen to peel back all the layers - and that’s truly delightful. The journey continues with “Nort”, an eight-minute piece of cinematic sounds, fusing the clattering beats and drumming games from the surface with darker lower tones, overall building an emotional depth that pays off handsomely during the song’s climax twist. Ledger is a spirit that prefers the experimental to the expected — not necessarily trying to blow your mind with the audio experiments as much as suggesting a sacred place to escape from the surrounding reality. The outcome is taking the audience on a classical avant-gardist journey, its roots lying in the artists’ shared love for a cinematic sonic landscape.