- On last year's limited Acting Press cassette mix from PLO Man, the artist who goes by C3Deee was slotted on the "Mood" side between a beatless track by X-102 (AKA Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and Mike Banks) and a Jon Hassell & Brian Eno track. Whoever the artist is, C3Deee has been involved in every subsequent Acting Press release (save for PLO Man), now releasing a three-tracker as Xali'p.
Since the label seems to operate along a Berlin / Vancouver axis, the closest parallel to Glass Horizon might be Slow Riffs' Mood Hut 12-inch (these credits mention all three tracks were made in Vancouver). But with its tectonic rumbles and incessant screwed-down wind chimes, this record sounds more "luded" than "new age." The A2 doesn't have a beat but it's the standout track, its mesmeric pulse, rippling hiss and distant bass churn exerting their own gravitational pull. The flipside carries on as before—no beat in sight—but after three tracks like this, there's nothing to give this ambience more of a charge or a change in texture. With more distorted bells and lo-fi tones wavering like a mirage on the horizon, it neither comes closer nor comes into focus.
TracklistA1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
B1 Untitled