VERNAL ECOSPHERE - Finite Planetary Possibilities

Review by Chris Magdalenski

A Sonic Reconstruction of Time and Space: A Review of "Finite Planetary Possibilities" by Vernal Ecosphere

The music materializes around me. Distinct auditory forms take shape - drifting and humming, pulsing and rumbling across a palette formally blank with silence. 

From the first moments I know that the best way to experience this album is in a quiet darkness, eyes closed, mind wide.

I know it will take me on a journey if I let it, so that's what I do.

It's difficult choosing the words to describe this offering by France's Vernal Ecosphere, but that's what makes it such an engaging listen. As its multifaceted tones drift across my ears I keep being drawn back to the idea that this is the musical equivalent of a journey through multiple iterations of time and space.

Each of the albums ten tracks present a different dimension of the musical reality the artist has so lovingly constructed for us. Each one is a sonic landscape comprised of layers of otherworldly sci-fi synths grounded with more Earthly elements like tribal drums and ambient nature sounds.

With each subsequent listen I've discovered more and more beneath the album's surface, and it's very quickly become my favorite album to drift off to sleep too. 

All in all a very deftly executed effort, and one of my favorite ambient albums I've heard in some time.

For more, visit: https://vernalecosphere.bandcamp.com/