Undoubtedly one of today’s most gifted visionaries of the electronic
scene, Bassiani’s beloved resident HVL has to be one of the best-kept
secrets. But for how long? His sound sculptures, spanning everything
ranging from kosmische-indebted downtempo to ethereal dub techno to
murky, post-industrial ambient conjure up that dusty grain of
Rephlex-era masterpieces and nu-age serenity, reeling off their soothing
lineage across newly pollinated grounds. One for the ages, infused with
that widescreen, cinematic grandiosity, HVL’s RYC mix is everything you
could have wished for: the very definition of walking the surface of
the moon on your own, floating away from a crater to the other with
weightless agility, as the earth reveals its blue silhouette in the
distance. A taste of infinity. Yes, we’re talking that kind of
beautiful.