O . . O o o ! ! | | | | | | /\ /\ _ | . ____!__ /. \ _______ / \\ _|___/ _____\_ )___// _\____\_ )___/ \ ./ /_____ _ ___ _ \ /. / \ \ /. / _\__|____ \ _ ____ _ /// /_____\| __// /______\| __/ \ \ _/ ___//// /_____________/ . \ ______/:/ /_ \________/ |:/_____________\\.:::::/____________\::| |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| . |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| ┬┤ |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| x |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| . |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::| : _ ___|:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|___ _ x . . . . B A B A S . . . . _ ___._______________________________________.___ _ . . : : . _|_ _| ! : : !. |/ \| .| : : |: _ __./ x Manipulating Crap Shit x \.__ _ :! : : |: // //. .\\ \\ :| : : |: : . x x . : :x : : !: ::. .:: :! : :..:. ..... . ........................................... ... ....: Faex_Optim--Lets_Pretend-WEB-2020-BABAS . : x :: ___ ______ ___ ____ ___ _____ ___ ________. ____:: : ::/ /__\ /____/ \\ \_/ \\ \___\ \____\ \ |/ /: __:|__ / /| / _ \_ \ _ \_ \ _ / / / | _//: x _\ / _\________\__/____/ /__/____/ \__ \ \__\ \____ /:::: . //_______/ |\____\::::::\____\ \____/::\____/(___\:::: . :::::| METADATA SUMMARY |\::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : :... |___________________|\ . ....: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ artist > Faex Optim title > Let's Pretend year > 2020 genre > Electronic mood > Downtempo x IDM label > Faex Optim Self-Released catno > predate > 2021-01-22 tracks > 15 size > 108.43 mb url > https://faexoptim.bandcamp.com/album/lets-pretend _________________ | |\ ________ _____| QUALITY CONTROL |\ / _ \/ /.______ __________|\:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: / / _ /_ \| \\\\\\\\\\\\\:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: . \______\ \_ __________/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::\____/::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : . ..: codec > MP3 MPEG 1 layer 3 encoder > LAME 3.99.1+ quality > 320Kbps/CBR/44.1kHz/2CH/Dual Channel source > WEB _____________ _____. /| | ._ _______ ____ ______ ___ \_ |______ . ____/__: /| T R A C K S |:|// /_\_ \_/ /_/ /.___/ / _// ./ /_\:: /|_____________|::/ _/. / / _ / \| \_ \ \___|_. \| : ///////////////::/_____/ /___\ \_ \___\\________/__|\___ /| __/: . :::::::::::::::::::::::::\_____\:::::::::::::::::::::/__________\::: : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : ...:.. . ...:... time -------- 01. Faex Optim - A Statement in Strawberry 1:45 02. Faex Optim - The Alchemist 3:28 03. Faex Optim - Radiogate 5:18 04. Faex Optim - Meridians 1:44 05. Faex Optim - Wonderland 4:32 06. Faex Optim - New Haven 2:50 07. Faex Optim - Muted Post Horn 4:23 08. Faex Optim - Sister 1:29 09. Faex Optim - Mister Transistor :42 10. Faex Optim - Red Forest Drive 5:41 11. Faex Optim - Pastward Sounds :46 12. Faex Optim - Post Rock, Pt. 2 5:07 13. Faex Optim - Fireworks and Other Stories :37 14. Faex Optim - Mountains and Writing 4:12 15. Faex Optim - Exquisite Sad Beings 3:55 -------- 00:46:29 : : .....: x _ . . ..:> .::. ______/_______ _____/ ____ ___________. :: :___/\\. // ._ \_/______( / _____ ./ /___ ..| |\:: ..:._/ _ \| /. l/ // /. _// /__|___ \::| N O T E S |\:: :.: \____/ '\ \________\ _//___\______\ // _//:|___________|\:: :.. .::: \_______/::::::/______/:::::::\::/____________/:::::\\\\\\\\\\\\\::.. : .::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/::::::::::::::::::::::::::.: :....::. . ..: Wes McDonaldΓÇÖs Faex Optim project presents his third release on Carpe Sonum, and as such continues true to form, a dazzling display for the senses that feels like it encapsulates the last 25 years of electronica with the greatest of ease. In fact, the sounds that spin like candy-colored confetti out of your speakers seem quaint, nostalgic, even anachronistic in spots. But thatΓÇÖs the secret to their charm. Full of glimpses of eras-past both stylistically and aesthetically, fired up by the artistΓÇÖs desire to conjure soundwaves whose layered elements persist only in dreams, there is a surety of sonic portraiture here that evokes the finer reveries of 90s stalwarts Boards of Canada, Plaid, Aus, Bitcrush, Lights Out Asia, et al. McDonaldΓÇÖs brand of hypnagogic electro-pop doesnΓÇÖt need anything like arch vocals or other obvious signifiers to enable his sublime aural movements, other than cinematic samples brilliantly placed at strategic points (check ΓÇ£SisterΓÇ¥ or ΓÇ£The AlchemistΓÇ¥ for proof) to ... read more at shopurl . : x .: ::.... \ :: ____________\__ . . . ..:::: ( (.-----. _ ) \ \\____/((_)/ < ( BABAS > sorry for the web x we are ashamed ) > \__\________/::.... ':v::::V:::::::::................................... . ............ last nfo update 2O2O1224