The latest by Russian sound chemist Artem Dultsev aka Metra.Vestlud began in a “collective hallucination” induced by early parenthood. Disorienting tides of dramatic change were channeled via extended synthesis sessions centered on timbre and simplicity, joy and tears, “fires lit in a space for the new.” The results are dimensional – precision renderings of remote longing, adrift in the smoke of a second life.

Ashes That Made the Shape of My Dreams extends and obscures the Atlantean 4th world fusions of his 2021 infinity symbol tape on Kofla. Pairing an Arturia MicroFreak with Wavetable, the album’s 10 tracks triangulate warmth, melancholy, and an intimate inner cosmos. Solar wind sung songs heard from a past life only now remembered.

Dedicated to Lyuba and Miron.