Audiopile Review: Our second hit of cloud-clearing albums fresh in from WRWTFWW this week, this one courtesy of NYC musician Danny Scott Lane, marking his third appearance for the label after a string of earlier releases on labels like Moon Glyph and Glossy Mistakes. Like our Albinos pick from this week, Caput was also a limited cassette release, initially issued on the long-running Schematic Records back in 2021. The timing of Caput’s reissue couldn’t be better, as the album hits on the sound of Environmental ambient music crossed with low-key jazz that we’ve been hoovering up from the likes of Leo Takami, Panoram, Unknown Me or Oval Angle. Lane’s approach has a woozier effect here, his synths warbling and sighing among his fretless bass glides and digital woodwinds, the orb-like air punctured by his fizzy drum machines. The kind of sonic wallpaper that we could spend hours getting lost in. Edition of 500

WRWTFWW Records is continuing its fruitful and blissful collaboration with New York ambient/jazz/downtempo musician Danny Scott Lane with the first-ever vinyl release for his 2021 cassette album Caput. The 12-track beauty is available as a limited-edition LP (500 copies worldwide) housed in a marvelously designed heavy 350gsm sleeve. The album is also available digitally. Originally released on cassette only, Caput is desert music inspired by the city, a serene and cozy soundtrack of contemplative synth, mini pleasure-grooves, and botanical ambient jazz, sure to gently pacify the emotionally conflicted and make small moments the best moments. Scott Lane’s smooth downtempo is like a cushiony bubble of simple life, protecting the mind from noise and stress. It’s the comforting hand on the shoulder, the blanket that keeps warm, the easy Sunday morning breakfast — caring chillout music to escape from the brouhaha. Caput follows the adorable, so comfy, and beloved soundscapes Home Decor (WRWTFWW 077LP, 2023) and Shower (WRWTFWW 086LP, 2023), and thus marks the third Danny Scott Lane release on the label — and surely not the last! Complete the collection now and feel the joy of being alive.