Jean RN - A Hundred Pebbles, in England
Released: June 10 This latest EP from UK-based artist Jean RN is a brief but sonically quite rich experience. Loosely belonging in the category of ambient music but coming across as much more than that, it comes in at just under 10 minutes in total but covers a wide swath of audio territory in this short time. The naming convention of the tracks is simply two words apiece of the sentence “Did you feel like a bird?” It’s pretty clever honestly as each track sounds like a gradual increase in brightness a levity as the album progresses, eventually culminating in the light as a feather final track. It opens up in a rather abstract manner, with short looping bits of pad sounds being quickly repeated to give a glitchy and jumpy feeling. Eventually this calms down a bit and we are given an ascendant and lush arrangement that has just a touch of colorful distortion, giving a lo-fi aesthetic. The second track stands out for its rather unique use of vocal sampling and gentle a...
