Sunset Key Melt – Tim Hecker
New Tim Hecker! I think he has to be my de facto favorite ambient artist as I’ve been to at least three of his shows and I believe he lives in my town (at least he was in the crowd at the last Oneohtrix Point Never show I was at). His new EP Shards will be released on February 21st, and features pieces originally written for various film and TV soundtracks. Sunset Key Melt has a breathy, twinkling melody, reminiscent of sunlight refracting on the moving water of a lake in summer, but it slowly gets engulfed in–or melts into–a slightly foreboding noise. Another new track, Morning (Piano Version), is also available.