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"A strangely touching piece of experimental electronic work, “Esoteric Grocery Shopping” by aleph om is a beautiful and beguiling piece of work that rides the sine wave down into subterranean chaos of our symbol-catching mind. Lot’s of noisy interludes between melodic fragments, distorted doubles and echoing drones."
"Planes of Broken Mirrors feels like it’s about memory. Like so much of the music I’ve compared to Boards of Canada over the years, this album is innately nostalgic. But where most nostalgia-conscious music like BoC is nostalgic precisely because it conveys warmth, rose-tint, and childhood melancholia, Brown here seems just as concerned with capturing the dread and anxiety of emotional permanence and ceaseless memory itself. A few more-or-less overt references to this concept show up in some of the song titles (“I am Completely Haunted by the Past”, “Every Mother Was Cradled”), but currents of both warmth and ennui run throughout the album—often cooperatively."
"With 'Gurgling,' aleph om demonstrates his mastery of atmosphere and texture, weaving together layers of sound to create a sonic tapestry that is both unsettling and captivating. From the subtle whispers to the ominous drones, every element of the track is carefully crafted to draw the listener deeper into its dark embrace [...] a testament to aleph om’s ability to transport listeners to otherworldly realms through the power of music, offering a truly immersive and unforgettable auditory experience."
"Intricately beginning with the sound of horse steps trotting and a psychedelic distant drone sequence, the music immediately makes a promise of an original experience. Rightfully so, when the vocals kick, the music ventures even further away from everything we know as non-contemporary - it's enchanting, meditative intent threaded deeply into the shamanic fabric of this song. The dynamic ascend and descend of this song is probably the most - if not the only - 'familiar' element in this memorable piece of music. The creators clearly have gone way out of their way to ensure a unique and personal experience for the listener - or maybe they are strangers to that 'way' altogether."