Add to playlist: the mysterious chillout milieu of False Aralia and the week’s best new tracks
The Guardian••entertainment
Key Points:
- False Aralia is a unique music project led by producer Izaak Schlossman, blending abstract expressionist visuals with tracks that resist genre classification, drawing comparisons to early 2000s microhouse and dub techno.
- The music features complex, atmospheric sound design with no steady four-four beats, incorporating live drums, warped vocals, and ASMR-like effects, creating an immersive, alternate sonic world.
- Vocal contributions, such as Anya Prisk's heavily treated voice and Lucas Deleon's chillout-style singing, add synthetic textures and emotional depth to the releases.
- This week's notable new tracks include Frances Chang's introspective piano-driven "I Can Feel the Waves," Robyn's bold rap "Sexistential," and Peter Gabriel's reflective
