Various Artists - Passed Winter
Released: January 31 A sprawling nearly four hour long compilation, Passed Winter is packed full of icy tones and textures that perfectly embody the feeling and aesthetic of deep winter. I finally got a chance to listen to this compilation over the last couple of days as harsh winter weather move in, plunging temperatures well below freezing and bring in the snow and ice. The compilation accompanies this weather exceptional well with its altogether slow moving and rather quiet approach. With nearly 40 tracks from almost 40 different artists, it is difficult to give an in-depth breakdown of everything here, but the overarching theme of the compilation is captured well throughout and there is a rather interesting consistency in each track. The focus for most of the tracks is large and unrestrained textures, pads that are so airy they border on slightly tonal static. But even with this being the theme, many of the artists on this compilation add in these interesting motifs on top of it. “...