Don Hill has been creating dark ambient music under the moniker PORTEUR DE L'IMAGE since 1998. While he was exploring new music software, yet unexplored options of his musical self-conception opened up and resulted in MILLIPEDE. This project has taken on a life of its own - much more beat-oriented and complex than Pdl'I, yet still dark and harsh. With the support of Josh Pyle (APHORISM) and the usage of samples granted by Pyle, Jan Carleklev (SANCTUM) and Angel Draganov (POLYGON RING), MILLIPEDE lays down a caleidoscope of beat-driven melancholy, marked by Hill's acute ability to create memorable tunes which will persist long after each track fades. A panoramic of digital glitch, pounding rhythms and basslines agglutinated by melodic ambience. Add to the this occasional carefully-placed application of acoustic guitars, fender rhodes piano and electric bass, and the result is a unique and captivating album that crosses boundaries; not isolated IDM, glitch or dark ambient but a combination of all and more. An intriguing aural journey into what innovative electronic music is truly meant to be - an album of hidden depth and complexity.
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