Walter Astral - Éclipse

Sounds like: Polo & Pan, L'imperatrice, French 79

What's so good?

An eclipse brings darkness in the midst of light and can represent hidden truths coming to the surface. It has always fascinated me—like gazing into a dark well, no matter how much I long to see what lies within, I simply cannot if the conditions do not allow it.We all have blind spots, and what’s more, they are a source of suffering. Yet even with the most earnest wish to recognize and transform them, they remain hidden until the time is right.Perhaps an eclipse is the same. We look up, eager to witness a rare and extraordinary cosmic event, but everything moves forward in its own rhythm. The great celestial patterns unfold in their time—eclipses, syzygies, supernovas, and the like.Walter Astral’s "Éclipse," featured on the new album of the same name, orbits around these themes. It’s fitting that I’m drawn to the artist’s music—like minds find their way to each other... it’s gravitational. Regarding the track, the following is explained:"Éclipse” is a mystical and imaginative journey, reflecting Walter Astral's hybrid universe. The trip begins with a hypnotic downtempo, before shifting into an oriental trance illustrated by the totem banjo. The track ends in explosive techno, where the celestial bodies seem to clash.Walter Astral recounts the cosmic ballet between the sun and the moon, a parenthesis where the universe holds its breath and time stops to contemplate this dance. “Eclipse” is part of the duo's ongoing quest to play on contrasts, between light and shadow, silence and din, dream and trance.

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