"Paradessence draws its title from a portmanteau of "paradoxical" and "essence," coined by author Alex Shakar. Per Visible Cloaks, the word embodies the oppositional-but-coexisting concepts they're trying to explore with the new album. "Instead of creating pieces that function horizontally as environments, we wanted to conceptualize them as living material changing in space, continually in flux," Doran shared in a press statement."
"Visible Cloaks are back with their first full-length album in nine years. The Portland-based ambient duo of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile will release Paradessence on May 22 via RVNG Intl. They've also shared a lead single, "Disque," which features Motion Graphics playing synthetic woodwinds. Check out a music video for that below. We last heard from Visible Cloaks in 2019, when they shared serenitatem, a collaborative album with ambient artists Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano."
Visible Cloaks will release Paradessence, their first full-length album in nine years, on May 22 via RVNG Intl. The Portland-based ambient duo of Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile shared the lead single "Disque," which features Motion Graphics playing synthetic woodwinds, and released a music video. The duo previously issued Reassemblage (2017) and a mini-LP the same year, and collaborated on serenitatem (2019) with Yoshio Ojima and Satsuki Shibano. Doran curated the Grammy-nominated compilation Kankyō Ongaku in 2019. Paradessence takes its name from Alex Shakar's portmanteau combining "paradoxical" and "essence" and explores oppositional but coexisting concepts across collaborative tracks.
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