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AETHEROSCOPE

by Ehom10 Sounds

Ehom "Aetheroscope" - ten years in search of the ether.

The second full-length album by Ehom will see the light of day a decade after his debut. "Aetheroscope" is a direct continuation of "Memory Fragments" (2016), but while the first album was a first step into the unknown, the new one is already a journey with a more precise route through time, space, and the very nature of sound itself.

Ten tracks, nearly an hour and a half of music. But "Aetheroscope" is not just a collection of compositions. It is a full-length film broken down into ten short chapters. Each has its own plot, its own imagery and emotions, but together they form a single story. A story about a traveler searching for himself among worlds, discovering their beauty and, at the same time, their flaws. About how hard it is to accept the inseparability of all things. About the eternal and about humanity's place within it.

The album's title is no coincidence. "Aetheroscope" translates as "Etherscope": a neologism composed of the words "ether" (a subtle, invisible substance, a sonic medium) and "scope" (from the Greek "skopeo" - to look, to observe). It can be interpreted as "an instrument for observing the ether" or "a device for seeing through sound." This title perfectly conveys the idea of the album as an instrument that does not just play, but allows one to see other worlds and tune into their frequency. In this combination of technicality and poetry lies the idea of "starting a mechanism." The "Etherscope" does not just sound - it tunes you to the frequency of other worlds.

Work on "Aetheroscope" began almost immediately after the debut album was released. Some tracks were even planned for the first album but weren't finished in time - and have now found their place. However, the author deliberately abandoned old techniques. Instead, there are new textures, fresh field recordings collected since 2016, and sonic imprints of real locations that were "stamped" into the music through reamping.

Speaking of the tracks, it is worth looking deeper. "Oneiroclavier" is another neologism, composed of "oneiros" (dream) and "clavier" (key). Literally - "the key to dreams." Each track on the album is a key that opens a door not to a physical space, but to a world of lucid reveries. And the title "Orch-OR" refers to one of the boldest theories in quantum physics - "Orchestrated Objective Reduction," which attempts to explain consciousness through quantum processes inside neurons. The music here is not background - it is an exploration.

Behind Ehom is a self-taught musician from Belarus who deliberately keeps his name hidden, preferring to speak through sound. "I am an antenna through which information flows pass," he says. For him, music is not self-expression, but a tool for communicating with the unknown. And the name Ehom reflects the same philosophy: we are all waves reflecting off one another. We are echoes. We sound as Echo.

"Aetheroscope" is an album that is hardly meant to be listened to as background music. It demands active immersion. That is why Ehom recommends listening to the album at least once through active listening. The sound waves here literally transport you to other worlds - if you give them a chance.

Ehom "Aetheroscope" - ten years in search of the ether.