Attenuated strings, a low level static that resembles vinyl or cassette surface noise, extended near silences — the tension in the track “Droplets” off the Xu album Circular Buffer is between foreground and background. When the strings cut in, the minor distractions of that noisy substrate become almost inaudible, yet when the strings are on hold, or even quiet down a tad, that same near-silent texture comes fully into the fore. Xu is the Italian musician Nicola Fornasari.
Track originally posted for free download at soundcloud.com/nicola-fornasari. The full album is available for free (name your price, that is) at Fornasari’s bandcamp.com account. More from Fornasari at substance.it. (Found via a repost from soundcloud.com/roamin).