Floating Mountains Soshi Takeda

“Using only hardware and samplers from the ’90s, Takeda captures the era’s flat, crystalline sounds, sketching evocative landscapes out of their cold, digital sheen. Like a post-vaporwave take on deep house, Takeda’s production is still very much indebted to Larry Heard. His dance music feels meant for meditation more than actual dancing, a slowly enveloping mist of pulsing bass and synths that shimmer like crystals suspended in midair. The songs on Floating Mountains function best in dimly lit rooms where the imagination can summon images that aren’t really there. Takeda is forever finding new ways to pull back the curtain on his icy textures, revealing oceans and valleys of feeling. It’s magical in the way only the most artificial sounds can be.” - Sam Goldner, Pitchfork