In 2016, Jamal Moss (Hieroglyphic Being) visited the Moog Sound Lab in London, an open-loan studio that contains a rare 2014 reissue of Moog's System 55 modular synthesizer, originally produced in the 1960s. The sessions resulted in the full-length The Replicant Dream Sequence (Blue PA14 Series), an album that demonstrates Moss' skill at impulsively developing ideas and creating work in a new environment. The audio quality is noticeably much clearer and brighter than most recordings by Moss, but even with new machines and improved fidelity, his personality shines through, and it sounds unmistakably like him. After beginning with a relaxing ambient piece filled with slowly unfurling nebulous clusters, "Seq 2" immediately shifts gears into frantic, paranoid techno. Several layers of growling synths scramble on top of each other over a tense, insistent 4/4 beat, sounding like an interpretation of outer space combat. The lightly babbling "Seq 4" is much calmer, and "Seq 5" is even more weightless, although the backwards voices and echo tip the piece toward an eerie direction. On "Seq 6" and "Seq 8," Moss recites deeply moving poetry about alienation and the disease of loneliness. "Seq 6" expresses a longing to destroy time over a steady industrial pulse, while "Seq 8" is a bit faster and more detached, with Moss describing himself as an all-powerful being who feels bitterly isolated and unloved. Short and spontaneous, The Replicant Dream Sequence contains a wealth of ideas, touching on several sides of Moss' personality while sounding like a complete, unified whole. ~ Paul Simpson, Rovi

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