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(33 Sides)The Australian composer’s latest offering is a mashup of electronica, minimalism, drum’n’bass and more – but it’s the orchestral tracks that really shineIn recent years, Australian composer Lance Gurisik has scored various short films and TV shows, written high-profile advertising jingles and soundscapes for an audio design agency called Song Zu, and produced dance music under the name Lancelot. Under his own name, he makes instrumental music that blends the highbrow influences he absorbed while studying at Sydney Conservatorium of Music.Last year’s album Cull Portal mashed together modal jazz, electronica and densely written orchestral modernism – Keith Jarrett and Philip Glass meets Aphex Twin, if you will. On this follow-up, all these styles feel discrete, like a very high-quality multi-artist compilation. Glut explores Terry Riley-style minimalism, as repetitive marimba lines are woven with synth flourishes and brushed drums; Desinence embraces Tangerine Dream-style electronica; Balance is a galloping waltz, a percussive modular synth playing a series of arpeggios that gradually mutate, both harmonically and in timbre. There are also several flirtations with broken beats, such as the 4hero-style gentrified drum’n’bass of Prednisone. Continue reading...