{"product_id":"urner-afterimages-lp","title":"Urner - Afterimages (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eNYC’s Urner chimes with Dutch label topo2’s tastes for shimmering electronic melody and subtly crooked structures on a quietly charming LP made from Japanese lava, modular synths and software: tipped to fans of Irdial’s Anthony Manning, Georgia’s Brian Close, Visible Cloaks.\n\nIn the wake of a self-issued 2020 debut and tape on Atlantic Rhythms, ’Afterimages’ is Isaac Pearl aka Urner’s 3rd album and the first to fix his ephemeral tactility to vinyl. Under a name and title hinting (to us at least) a play on psychedelic or oneiric experience, the music follows with an often fleeting, tongue-tip sensuality that patently fits topo2’s emerging remit, as heard in their sides by Upsammy, Mor Elian, Windu. \n\nIt’s not hard to trace lines from ‘80s Japanese environmental ambient to ‘90s electronica and modernist reflections on new age, partly thanks to its combo of clinking, rhythmelodic Sanukite lithopone tones - think a xylophone made from rare volcanic rock - with analog and digital synth sources, applied with a mix of care and nuanced daring that feels timeless yet also up-to-date in its oloid asymmetry. \n\nA whispering opener ‘Options, Thoughts’ unfolds into hyaline dimensions, where the rest settles, offbeat, at meditative pace, between plucked melodic chin reactions of ‘Stranding’, dreamy aeolian harmonics of ‘Anni,’ and air-kissing romance of ‘Lover Cusp.’ The Visible Cloaks comparison is apt on a standout ’Suspend’ and the cascading notes of ‘Tides,’ to a quietly fizzing conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2294197478\u0026color=%239a8d5e\u0026auto_play=false\u0026hide_related=false\u0026show_comments=true\u0026show_user=true\u0026show_reposts=false\u0026show_teaser=true\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/topo2\" title=\"topo2\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003etopo2\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/topo2\/urner-afterimages-topo2-005\" title=\"Urner - Afterimages (topo2-005 )\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\"\u003eUrner - Afterimages (topo2-005 )\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"topo2","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47913261990147,"sku":"TOPO2-005","price":4077.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0285\/1694\/1956\/files\/1009208533.webp?v=1775459099","url":"https:\/\/meditations.jp\/en\/products\/urner-afterimages-lp","provider":"Meditations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}