Ocean Moon

𝙇𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙅𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙮𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙐𝙆 𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙈𝙇𝙊 𝙤𝙣 '𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙈𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬', 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘, 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢.
It's no surprise that Tye's latest solo jaunt has ended up on Music For Memory, given that the label reissued a retrospective of MLO's work ('Oumaumua') back in 2021. And 'Ways to the Deep Meadow' is in good company next to releases from Gigi Masin and Gaussian Curve. Tye's approach is thoughtful, but never dark - the title of the album is a reference to Angus Maclise's poem 'Universal Solar Calendar', and on the first side, he takes a surprisingly upbeat look at the possibilities of AI. Inspired by the Buddhist perspective that AI could be an integral step in the evolution of consciousness, and texts from Frank J. Tippler, Jeanette Winterson and James Lovelock, Tye crafts a sequence of gently evolving nu-new age lullabies, using faded pads and animated, woodblock-like percussive cycles.