Inner Touch
100% Gone
Cosmic Resonance
Toronto, ON
RIYL: Four Tet; CFCF; staring into space
Operating under the Inner Touch moniker, Toronto-based musician Nicolas Field delivers their debut electronic album in a departure from their punk background with five contemplative dance tracks dedicated to “transformation and relinquishment.”
Opener “Dripping” elicits the come-up of dancefloor sweat, layering notes that also offer a level of sadness and reflection. The mystery of a title like “Gone” is supported by the owl-like samples and late-night bass tones that simulate a late walk alone, imagining for a short second that you’ve disappeared forever. “Persona” presents a complexity of sounds, from metronomic to meandering, and plays with the concept of identity through the splicing of indecipherable vocal samples.
The pulsing beauty of album standout ‘Aries’ recalls some of my greatest associations with the star sign – optimism and exploration. I have always wondered how artists choose titles for lyric-less works. Labels can often elude the listener, which is not to say that they appear arbitrary, but more like a secret held by the producer. 100% Gone hands these titles over with context and care.
– Katerina Stamadianos
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